Neomyrina
| Neomyrina | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Neomyrina Distant, 1884 |
| Species: | N. nivea |
| Binomial name | |
| Neomyrina nivea (Godman & Salvin, 1878)[1] | |
Neomyrina is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. It is monotypic, containing only the species Neomyrina nivea.[2] Neomyrina nivea was described by Godman and Salvin in 1878. It is found in the Indomalayan realm . [3]
Subspecies
- N. n. nivea Belitung
- N. n. hiemalis (Godman & Salvin, 1878) Thailand, Malaysia
- N. n. periculosa Fruhstorfer, 1913 S.Burma - Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Lankawi, Sumatra
Biology
The larva feeds on Balanocarpus heimii (with ants)
References
- ↑ Godman, F. & Salvin, O., 1878. Catalogue of Lepidoptera collected by Mr. S. N. Walter in the island of Billiton. Rhopalocera. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1878(3): 637-641, pl. 40 .
- ↑ "Neomyrina Distant, 1884" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
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