Dacalana penicilligera

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Double-tufted royal
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Dacalana
Species:
D. penicilligera
Binomial name
Dacalana penicilligera

Dacalana penicilligera, the Double-tufted royal [1] is a species of blue butterfly (Lycaenidae) found in South East Asia.

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Range

The butterfly occurs in India from West Bengal to Northeast India [2] and Myanmar, Thailand and Java. [2] and Thailand. [1]


See also

Cited references

  1. 1 2 Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Dacalana.
  2. 1 2 Isaac Kehimkar (2008) The Book of Indian Butterflies Bombay Natural History Society, Oxford University press, Mumbai, Delhi, Calcutta, Chennai

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