Brangas is a genus of hairstreaks in the butterfly family Lycaenidae, found in Mexico, Central America, and South America. There are about 16 described species in Brangas.
Species
These species belong to the genus Brangas:
Brangas caranus (Stoll, 1780) - western Ecuador to French Guiana, south to southern Brazil
Brangas carthaea (Hewitson, 1868) - Mexico to western Ecuador
Brangas coccineifrons (Godman & Salvin, 1887) - Mexico to western Ecuador
Brangas dydimaon (Cramer, 1777) - Amazonian Region
Brangas felderi (Goodson, 1945) - Colombia to Peru
Brangas getus (Fabricius, 1787) - Mexico to Argentina, Paraguay, and southern Brazil
Brangas insolitus Bálint & Faynel, 2008 - Ecuador to Peru
Brangas moserorum Bálint & Faynel, 2008 - Paraguay and southern Brazil
Brangas neildonatus Bálint & Faynel, 2008 - Venezuelan northern coast.
Brangas neora (Hewitson, 1867) - Mexico to southern Brazil
Brangas polonus Bálint, 2008 - Peru to Bolivia
Brangas rambutorum Bálint & Faynel, 2008 - Venezuela and Colombia in dry forest.
Brangas rita (Goodson, 1945) - Costa Rica to western Colombia and Ecuador
Brangas silumena (Hewitson, 1867) - Paraguay and Brazil
Brangas teucria (Hewitson, 1868) - Amazonian Region
Brangas torfrida (Hewitson, 1867) - Neotropics, Amazonian and Atlantic regions