Nothodanis

{{Short description|Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae}}

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| authority = Hirowatari, 1992

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Nothodanis is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The single species of this genus, Nothodanis schaeffera (Eschscholtz, 1821) is found in the Australasian and Indomalayan realms.

Subspecies

  • Nothodanis schaeffera schaeffera (Eschscholtz, 1821) Philippines and Indonesia.
  • Nothodanis schaeffera annamensis (Fruhstorfer, 1903) Vietnam.
  • Nothodanis schaeffera caesius (Grose-Smith) New Guinea
  • Nothodanis schaeffera caledonica (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) New Caledonia
  • Nothodanis schaeffera cepheis (Druce, 1891) Solomon Islands
  • Nothodanis schaeffera esme (Grose-Smith, 1894) Bismark archipelago , New Britain and New Ireland
  • Nothodanis schaeffera soranus (Fruhstorfer, 1915) Halmaheira, Batjan, Ternate