Euthecta

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: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Subtribus: Liptenina
Genus: Euthecta
Species: (2)
E. cooksoni – E. cordeiroi
Name

Euthecta Bennett, 1954: 170.

Type-species: Euthecta cooksoni Bennett, 1954: 171, by original designation.
References

Bennett, N.H. 1954. Two new species of Lycaenidae from south east Africa. Entomologist 87: 170–173. Reference page.
Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. BHL Reference page.
Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.

Euthecta is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The two members (species) of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.
Species

Euthecta cooksoni Bennett, 1954
Euthecta cordeiroi Henning & Henning, 2004

References

Euthecta at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms