Taxila haquinus

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Harlequin
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Riodinidae
Subfamily: Nemeobiinae
Tribe: Nemeobiini
Subtribe: Abisarina
Genus: Taxila
Doubleday, 1847
Species:
T. haquinus
Binomial name
Taxila haquinus
(Guerin, 1843)

Taxila haquinus, the harlequin or orange harlequin, is a small but striking butterfly from the family Riodinidae. It is found from India east to Palawan and south to Java. It is the only species in the genus Taxila.[ citation needed ]

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