Erysichton is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Australasian realm.
Etymology The genus is named after the mythological figure of Erysichthon of Thessaly.
Species There are up to three recognized species: Erysichton albiplaga Tite, 1963 Erysichton lineatus (Murray, 1874) Erysichton palmyra (Felder, 1860)
Some other sources consider Erysichton monotypic, with Erysichton lineatus as the sole species and the remaining species in Jameela.
References
Further reading 1973: The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative arrangement. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology, 28: 371–505. BHL 1992: A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae). Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture (B), 44(Suppl.) , 1999. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea Academic Press, 1963: A synonymic list of the genus Nacaduba and allied genera (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology, 13(4): 67–116, plates 1,2.