Hypochrysops

Hypochrysops
Hypochrysops polycletus
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Luciini
Genus: Hypochrysops
C. & R. Felder, 1860
Synonyms
  • Waigeum Staudinger, 1895

Hypochrysops is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae first described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1860. This particular genus is exclusive to the Australian area with only a few species straying into Papua New Guinea.