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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Virgarina is a
genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. The Lycaenidae are the
second-largest family of butterflies, with about 6000 species worldwide,
whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They
constitute about 40% of the known butterfly species. The family is
traditionally divided into the subfamilies of the blues (Polyommatinae),
the coppers (Lycaeninae), the hairstreaks (Theclinae) and the harvesters
(Miletinae); others include the Lipteninae, Liphyrinae, Curetinae and
Poritiinae. A few authorities still include the family Riodinidae within
the Lycaenidae. The monotypic former subfamily Styginae represented by
Styx infernalis from the Peruvian Andes has been placed within the
subfamily Euselasiinae of the family Riodinidae.
