Taraka (butterfly)
| Taraka | |
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| Copulating pair of Taraka haimada. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Tribe: | Tarakini Eliot, 1973 |
| Genus: | Taraka |
Taraka is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae that inhabit the East Asian Palearctic ecozone and Indomalaya ecozone. It includes the species Taraka hamada, Taraka mahanetra de Nicéville, (Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Thailand) and Taraka shiloi Tamai & Guo, 2001 Sichuan.
References
- ↑ Doherty, 1889 Notes on Assam butterflies J. asiat. Soc. Bengal. 58 Pt.II (1) : 118-134
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