Loxura cassiopeia

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Loxura cassiopeia
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Loxura
Species:
L. cassiopeia
Binomial name
Loxura cassiopeia
Distant, 1884 [1]

Loxura cassiopeia is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.It was described by William Lucas Distant in 1884. It is found in the Indomalayan realm. [2]

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References

  1. Distant, W. L., 1884. Contributions to a knowledge of Malayan entomology, Pt. III. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)14:198-202 .
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.