Lobocla

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Lobocla
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Lobocla liliana
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Hesperiidae
Subtribe: Loboclina
Genus: Lobocla
Moore, 1884 [1]

Lobocla is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae subfamily Eudaminae, within which they are placed in subtribe Loboclina. [1] Unlike the rest of the Eudaminae, which have a New World distribution, the genus is endemic to Asia. [2]

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Species

Li et al. 2019 gives the following species and subspecies for this genus: [1]

Distribution

Notes and references

  1. as Plesioneura lilianaAtkinson, 1871
  1. 1 2 3 4 Li, Wenlin; Cong, Qian; Shen, Jinhui; Zhang, Jing; Hallwachs, Winnie; Janzen, Daniel H.; Grishin, Nick V. (26 March 2019). "Genomes of skipper butterflies reveal extensive convergence of wing patterns". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 116 (13). Supporting Information: Appendix pp.10–24. Bibcode:2019PNAS..116.6232L. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1821304116 . PMC   6442542 . PMID   30877254.
  2. Brower, Andrew V. Z.; Warren, Andrew (2009). "Eudaminae". tolweb.org. Retrieved 4 September 2022.
  3. Van Gasse, Paul. "Butterflies of India – Annotated Checklist" (PDF). indiabiodiversity.org. Retrieved 6 September 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 Savela, Markku. "Lobocla". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 6 September 2022.


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