Arawacus
# Arawacus

Arawacus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. They are commonly called stripestreaks. The species of this genus are found in the Neotropical realm.

Species include:

* Arawacus aethesa (Hewitson, 1867) Brazil (Bahia)
* Arawacus aetolus (Sulzer, 1776) Columbia, Venezuela, Trinidad, Bolivia, Suriname
* Arawacus binangula (Schaus, 1902) Brazil (Paraná)
* Arawacus dolylas (Cramer, [1777]) Surinam, Venezuela, Colombia, Bolivia
* Arawacus dumenilii (Godart, [1824]) Venezuela, Trinidad
* Arawacus ellida (Hewitson, 1867) Venezuela, Paraguay, Colombia, Peru, Argentina, Brazil (Rio de Janeiro)
* Arawacus euptychia (Draudt, 1920 Brazil
* Arawacus hypocrita (Schaus, 1913) Costa Rica, Mexico
* Arawacus jada (Hewitson, 1867) North America – creamy stripe-streak, nightshade hairstreak
* Arawacus leucogyna (C. & R.Felder, 1865) Costa Rica, Panama, Venezuela, Colombia
* Arawacus lincoides (Draudt, 1917) Colombia
* Arawacus meliboeus (Fabricius, 1793) Brazil
* Arawacus separata (Lathy, 1926) Peru, Paraguay
* Arawacus sito (Boisduval, 1836) Mexico, south to Central America – fine-lined stripe-streak
* Arawacus tadita (Hewitson, 1877) Brazil (Paraná)
* Arawacus tarania (Hewitson, 1868) Brazil (Paraná, Minas Gerais)
* Arawacus togarna (Hewitson, 1867) Mexico, Bolivia
