Taxa named by William Lucas Distant

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Deramas is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae erected by William Lucas Distant in 1886. The genus ranges from south Myanmar to Sundaland, the Philippines and Sulawesi. Most of the species are rare and endangered, and are confined to forest from sea level to about .

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Jacoona is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The three species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm.

Simiskina is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus was erected by William Lucas Distant in 1886. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm.

Saletara is a genus of butterflies in the family Pieridae.

Neocheritra is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

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Chersonesia is an Indomalayan butterfly genus in the family Nymphalidae. The common name is maplet.

Purlisa is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. It is monotypic, containing only the species Pulisa giganteus. It is known from Malaysia. thumb|230px|left|Specimen of Pulisa giganteus from Malaya

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Isma is an Indomalayan genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

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Pirdana is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae.

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Semanga is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus was erected by William Lucas Distant in 1884.

Neomyrina is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae described by William Lucas Distant in 1884. It is monotypic, containing only the species Neomyrina nivea. Neomyrina nivea was described by Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin in 1878. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.

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Lotongus is a genus of grass skippers in the family Hesperiidae. The genus is confined to the Indomalayan realm.

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The Erionotini are a tribe of skipper butterflies in the subfamily Hesperiinae.

Dagbertus is a genus of plant bugs in the family Miridae. There are more than 40 described species in Dagbertus.

Unkana is a genus of grass skipper in the family Hesperiidae. The genus is confined to the Indomalayan realm.

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Lampethusa is a genus of plant bugs belonging to the Miridae family. There are about eight described species in Lampethusa.

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Bantuana is a monotypic moth genus in the family Eupterotidae described by William Lucas Distant in 1906. Its single species, Bantuana cregoei, described by the same author in the same year, is found in South Africa.

Rhasis is a genus of true bugs in the tribe Mirini.

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Carvaka is a genus of African and Asian planthoppers in the subtribe Drabescina, erected by William Lucas Distant in 1918.

Limentinus is a genus of African leafhoppers in the subfamily Coelidiinae and tribe Coelidiini, erected by William Lucas Distant in 1917.

Ariasa is a genus of true bugs belonging to the family Cicadidae.

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Lawana is a genus of planthoppers in the family Flatidae, erected by William Lucas Distant in 1906. In 1923, Leopold Melichar confirmed placement of this genus in tribe Flatini and subtribe Lawanina. Species are recorded from tropical Africa and Asia.

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Linshcosteus is a genus of assassin bugs in the subfamily Triatominae (the kissing bugs). It is the only genus of triatomines restricted to the Old World within the mostly Neotropical subfamily (a few Triatoma species are known from the Old World, and one species Triatoma rubrofasciata of disputed origin has been spread by humans across the tropics) and consists of six species restricted to peninsular India. Within the Triatominae, the genus is differentiated by the lack of a prosternal stridulatory furrow and a short rostrum that does not reach the prosternum. Adults feed on vertebrate blood.

Telingana is a genus of treehoppers in the subfamily Centrotinae and tribe Maarbarini, found in Asia. They lay solitary eggs and the young do not aggregate as in some membracids. The genus was described by William Lucas Distant in 1908. Several species have been described in the genus including: T. balteata Distant, 1916 T. campbelli Distant, 1916 T. canescens Buckton, 1903 T. capistrata Distant, 1908 T. cognata Distant, 1916 T. consobrina Distant, 1916 T. curvispinus Stål, 1869 (genus type) T. decipiens Kirby, W.F., 1891 T. depressa Funkhouser, 1935 T. flavipes Kirby, W.F., 1891 T.

Angamiana is a monotypic genus of Asian cicadas in the tribe Polyneurini, erected by William Lucas Distant.

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Talainga is a genus of Asian cicadas in the tribe Gaeanini, erected by William Lucas Distant in 1890. Species have been recorded from Bangladesh, China and Indochina.

Neosalurnis is a genus of planthoppers in the family Flatidae, erected by William Lucas Distant in 1910. It was subsequently placed in tribe Flatini, subtribe Phyllyphantina by Metcalf (1957) Records of occurrence (possibly incomplete) are currently from Vietnam and China.

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