Ahlbergia

Translingual

Etymology

From Swedish Ahlberg (surname) +‎ -ia. This genus was originally named Satsuma, but that name was already occupied by a genus of snails and was thus replaced by this name.

Coined by Austrian-Swedish entomologist and anthropologist Felix Bryk in 1946.

Proper noun

Ahlbergia f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Lycaenidae – certain gossamer-winged butterflies.

See also

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