Biology:Niphanda

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Short description: Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae

Niphanda
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Niphanda asialis Thailand
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Niphandini
Eliot, 1973[1]
Genus: Niphanda
Moore, [1875]

Niphanda is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae and only member of the Niphandini tribe. The members (species) of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm and the Palearctic realm. The genus was erected by Frederic Moore in 1875.

Species

  • Niphanda asialis (de Nicéville, 1895) India to Peninsular Malaya, South Yunnan, Sumatra, Java
  • Niphanda cymbia de Nicéville, [1884]
  • Niphanda fusca (Bremer & Grey, 1853) Amur, Ussuri, Transbaikalia, NorthEast China, Japan
  • Niphanda stubbsi Howarth, 1956 Peninsular Malaya.
  • Niphanda tessellata Moore, [1875] Burma, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sundaland, Philippines
  • Niphanda anthenoides Okubo, 2007 Philippines (Mindanao)

References

  1. Niphandini, TolWeb

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1760872 entry