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Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Iolaini
Genus: Britomartis
Species: (3)
B. bravurus – B. cleoboides – B. igarashii
Name

Britomartis de Nicéville, 1895

Type species: Camena cleoboides Elwes, [1893]: 637, pl. 44, figs 4♂, 5♀.
References

Elwes, H. J., 1893. On butterflies collected by Mr. W. Doherty in the Naga and Karen Hills and in Perak (part ii). Proc. zool. Soc. Lond 1892: 617-664, 2pls.
Hayashi, H., 1976. Lycaenid butterflies from Mindanao, Borneo and Sulawesi (Celebes), with the descriptions of new subspecies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Tyô to Ga 27(3): 97-99.
de Nicéville, L., 1895. On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 9(3):259-321, 4 pls.
Takanami, Y., 1991 in Seki, Y., Takanami, Y. and Otsuka, K.. Butterflies of Borneo Vol. 2, No. 1. Lycaenidae. Tobishima Corporation, Tokyo.


Britomartis is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

The genus, which was erected by Lionel de Nicéville in 1895 has two members:

Britomartis cleoboides (Elwes, [1893]) Sikkim - Burma
B. cleoboides viga (Corbet, 1940) Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra
B. cleoboides epigenes (Fruhstorfer, 1912) Java, Bali
Britomartis igarashii Hayashi, 1976 Borneo, Palawan

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