Dacalana sinhara

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Dacalana sinhara
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Dacalana sinhara
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Dacalana
Species:
D. sinhara
Binomial name
Dacalana sinhara
Fruhstorfer, [1914] [1]
Synonyms
  • Dacalana vidura sinharaFruhstorfer, 1914

Dacalana sinhara is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Hans Fruhstorfer in 1914. It is found in the Indomalayan realm (Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya). [2]

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References

  1. Fruhstorfer, H., [1914]. Neue Lycaeniden. Deut. ent. Zeit. (Iris) 27(4): 172-178
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.