Charana

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Charana
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Charana mandarinus
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Iolaini
Genus: Charana
de Nicéville, 1890 [1]

Charana is an Indomalayan genus of hairstreak butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.

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References

  1. Charana at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms