Biology:Simiskina

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Short description: Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae

Simiskina
Simiskina phalena hayashii male upperside.jpg
Simiskina phalena hayashii
Scientific classification e
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Poritiini
Genus: Simiskina
Distant, 1886
Synonyms
  • Massaga Doherty, 1889 (preocc. Walker, 1854)

Simiskina is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus was erected by William Lucas Distant in 1886. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm.

Species

  • Simiskina pasira (Moulton, 1911)
  • Simiskina pavonica de Nicéville, 1895
  • Simiskina pediada (Hewitson, 1877)
  • Simiskina phalena (Hewitson, 1874)
  • Simiskina phalia (Hewitson, 1874)
  • Simiskina pharyge (Hewitson, 1874)
  • Simiskina pheretia (Hewitson, 1874)
  • Simiskina philura (H. H. Druce, 1895)
  • Simiskina proxima de Nicéville, 1895
  • Simiskina sibatika Eliot, 1969

References

  • Corbet, A. S., 1940. A revision of the Malayan species of Poritiinae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 90: 337–350, 1 pl., 21 figs.
  • Distant, W. L., 1886. Descriptions of new species and a new genus of Rhopalocera from the Malay Peninsula. Entomologist 19:11-12.
  • Eliot, J. N., 1969. More revisional notes on oriental butterflies. Entomologist 102: 269–278, 8 figs., 1 pl.
  • Eliot, J. N., 1992. In Corbet & Pendlebury, The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. 4th Edn. Kuala Lumpur.
  • Savela, Markku (March 20, 2019). "Poritiinae". https://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/poritiinae/. Retrieved January 15, 2020. 
  • Seki, Y., Takanami, Y. and Otsuka, K., 1991. Butterflies of Borneo Vol. 2, No. 1. Lycaenidae. Tobishima Corporation, Tokyo.
  • Takanami, Yusuke; Seki, Yasuo (April 1, 2001). "Edition 12". http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~EY4Y-TKNM/phillist.html. 
  • Treadaway, C. G., 1995. Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo Suppl. 14: 7–118.

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q1591975 entry