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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.

Species

GENUS

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

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Specimen records
5
Family
Lycaenidae
Collections
NHMUK, USNM
Recorded in
Singapore

Wikidata facts

Instance of
taxon
Parent taxon
Poritiinae
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Simiskina phalena hayashii male upperside.jpg
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Commons category
Simiskina
taxon name
Simiskina
taxon rank
genus
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Category:Simiskina
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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.

==Species== Simiskina pasira (Moulton, 1911) Simiskina pavonica de Nicéville, 1895 Simiskina pediada (Hewitson, 1877) Simiskina phalena (Hewitson, 1874) Simiskina phalia (Hewitson, 1874) Simiskina pharyge (Hewitson, 1874) Simiskina pheretia (Hewitson, 1874) Simiskina philura (H. H. Druce, 1895) Simiskina proxima de Nicéville, 1895 Simiskina sibatika Eliot, 1969

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