Hewitsonia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to the Afrotropical realm.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Poritiinae |
| Tribe: | Liptenini |
| Genus: | Hewitsonia Kirby, 1871 |
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Species
edit- Hewitsonia amieti Bouyer, 1997
- Hewitsonia beryllina Schultze, 1916
- Hewitsonia bitjeana Bethune-Baker, 1915
- Hewitsonia boisduvalii (Hewitson, 1869)
- Hewitsonia congoensis Joicey & Talbot, 1921
- Hewitsonia danane Stempffer, 1969
- Hewitsonia inexpectata Bouyer, 1997
- Hewitsonia intermedia Jackson, 1962
- Hewitsonia kirbyi Dewitz, 1879
- Hewitsonia kuehnei Collins & Larsen, 2008
- Hewitsonia magdalenae Stempffer, 1951
- Hewitsonia occidentalis Bouyer, 1997
- Hewitsonia prouvosti Bouyer, 1997
- Hewitsonia similis (Aurivillius, 1891)
- Hewitsonia ugandae Jackson, 1962
External links
edit- "Hewitsonia Kirby, 1871" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 13: Die Afrikanischen Tagfalter. Plate XIII 64 f