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Dacalana

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Also known as Royal

Dacalana is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus is distributed from Assam through Sundaland to Sulawesi, and is especially richly represented in the Philippines.

Species

GENUS

  1. KingdomAnimalia
  2. PhylumArthropoda
  3. ClassInsecta
  4. OrderLepidoptera
  5. FamilyLycaenidae

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
23
With media
19
Family
Lycaenidae
Collections
INHS, USNM, NHMUK
Recorded in
Philippines

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Lycaenidae
Image
Dacalana mio, male and famale.JPG
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Category:Dacalana
taxon name
Dacalana
taxon rank
genus
Commons category
Dacalana
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Encyclopedic overview

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Dacalana is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus is distributed from Assam through Sundaland to Sulawesi, and is especially richly represented in the Philippines.

==Species== Dacalana akayamai H. Hayashi, Schröder & Treadaway Dacalana anysis Hewitson Dacalana aristarchus Fruhstorfer Philippines Dacalana burmana Moore Burma Dacalana capusa Fruhstorfer Dacalana cotys Hewitson Dacalana cremera de Nicéville Dacalana irmae H. Hayashi, Schröder & Treadaway Dacalana kurosawai H. Hayashi Dacalana liaoi H. Hayashi, Schröder & Treadaway Dacalana lowii H.H.Druce Borneo Dacalana lucillae H. Hayashi, Schröder & Treadaway Dacalana mio H. Hayashi, Schröder & Treadaway Dacalana monsapona Schröder & Treadaway Philippines, Mindanao Dacalana penicilligera de Nicéville Dacalana polyorketes Fruhstorfer Philippines, Mindanao Dacalana sannio Druce Philippines, Sulu Archipelago Dacalana sinhara Fruhstorfer Dacalana treadawayi H. Hayashi

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