Sinthusa peregrinus

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Sinthusa peregrinus
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Sinthusa
Species:
S. peregrinus
Binomial name
Sinthusa peregrinus
(Staudinger, 1889) [1]
Synonyms
  • Sithon peregrinusStaudinger, 1889

Sinthusa peregrinus is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is endemic to Palawan in the Philippines.

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References

  1. Sinthusa at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms