Dacalana

Dacalana
Dacalana mio
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Dacalana Moore, 1884
Synonyms
Dacalana Distant, 1884 Arrhenothrix de Nicéville, 1890

Dacalana is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus is distributed from Assam through Sundaland to Sulawesi, and is especially richly represented in the Philippines.

Species

• Dacalana cotys Hewitson
• Dacalana lowii H.H.Druce
• Dacalana anysis Hewitson
• Dacalana burmana Moore
• Dacalana sinhara Fruhstorfer
• Dacalana capusa Fruhstorfer
• Dacalana penicilligera de Nicéville
• Dacalana cremera de Nicéville
• Dacalana sannio Druce
• Dacalana aristarchus Fruhstorfer
• Dacalana kurosawai H. Hayashi
• Dacalana monsapona Schröder & Treadaway
• Dacalana akayamai H. Hayashi, Schröder & Treadaway
• Dacalana liaoi H. Hayashi, Schröder & Treadaway
• Dacalana irmae H. Hayashi, Schröder & Treadaway
• Dacalana mio H. Hayashi, Schröder & Treadaway
• Dacalana polyorketes Fruhstorfer
• Dacalana treadawayi H. Hayashi
• Dacalana lucillae H. Hayashi, Schröder & Treadaway

References

• Seitz, A., 1924-1927: The Macrolepidoptera of the World, 9: 903-1026. Stuttgart.
• Eliot J.N., 1992: In Corbet & Pendlebury. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula, 4th edn. x+595pp, 69pls. Kuala Lumpur.
• Treadaway, Colin G., 1995: Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apoll, Suppl. 14: 7-118.
• Vane-Wright, R.I. & de Jong, R., 2003: The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. Zoologische Verhandelingen 343;132-133.
• Treadaway, Colin G. & Schrőder, Heinz,2012: Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apoll, Suppl. 20: 1-64.