Sahulana
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| Genus: | Sahulana Hirowatari, 1992 [1]
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| Species: | S. scintillata
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| Sahulana scintillata (Lucas, 1889)
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Sahulana is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. It is monotypic, containing only the species Sahulana scintillata.[2] endemic to Torres Strait Island New South Wales. Larval food plants include Acacia , Alectryon, Cupaniopsis (flower buds) .[3]
References
- ^ Hirowatari, 1992 A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae) Bull. Univ. Osaka Prefect. (B) 44 : 1-102
- ^ "Sahulana Hirowatari, 1992" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni and Luis M. Hernández HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants online
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