Dacalana

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Dacalana
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Dacalana mio
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Theclini
Genus: Dacalana
Moore, 1884
Synonyms
  • DacalanaDistant, 1884
  • Arrhenothrixde Nicéville, 1890

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

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