Sahulana
(Redirected from Sahulana scintillata)
| Sahulana | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
| Tribe: | Polyommatini |
| Genus: | Sahulana Hirowatari, 1992 [1] |
| Species: | S. scintillata
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| Binomial name | |
| Sahulana scintillata (T. P. Lucas, 1889)
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Sahulana is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae erected by Toshiya Hirowatari in 1992. It is monotypic, containing only the species Sahulana scintillata, which was first described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1889. It is found on Torres Strait Island and in the Australian state of New South Wales.[2] Larval food plants include Acacia , Alectryon and Cupaniopsis (flower buds).[3]
References
[edit]- ^ Hirowatari, 1992 A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae) Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture. (B) 44: 1-102.
- ^ Savela, Markku, ed. (11 February 2017). "Sahulana Hirowatari, 1992". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 21 July 2020.
- ^ Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W. & Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Search the database - introduction and help". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London. doi:10.5519/havt50xw.
External links
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Wikispecies has information related to Sahulana.
- "Taxonomy Browser: Sahulana". Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD). Retrieved July 21, 2020. With images.
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