Thecla (butterfly)

Thecla is a genus of butterflies, described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1807, belonging to the family Lycaenidae. The species are found in the Palaearctic.

Species
Several, including:


 * Thecla betulae (Linnaeus, 1758) - brown hairstreak
 * Thecla betulina Staudinger, 1887
 * Thecla ohyai Fujioka, 1994 China, Yunnan, Li-Kiang.
 * Thecla chalybeia, De Nicéville 1892
 * Thecla hemon (Cramer, 1775) formerly in the, then. wastebasket taxon "Thecla" sensu lato Thecla hemon MHNT.jpg = Theritas hemon Cramer, 1775
 * Thecla leechii, De Nicéville 1892
 * Thecla letha, (Watson, 1896)
 * Thecla pavo, (De Nicéville, 1887)
 * Thecla ziha, (Hewitson, 1865)