Praephilotes

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

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| authority = Forster, 1938

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Praephilotes is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

It contains two species:[http://ftp.funet.fi/index/Tree_of_life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/praephilotes/ "Praephilotes Forster, 1938"] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms

• Praephilotes anthracias (Christoph, 1877)
• Praephilotes violacea Howarth & Povolný, 1976