Sahulana
Sahulana is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is monotypic, containing only the species Sahulana scintillata, which is found in Torres Strait Island and New South Wales.[2] Larval food plants include Acacia , Alectryon, Cupaniopsis (flower buds).[3]
| Sahulana | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
| Tribe: | Polyommatini |
| Genus: | Sahulana Hirowatari, 1992 [1] |
| Species: | S. scintillata |
| Binomial name | |
| Sahulana scintillata (Lucas, 1889) | |
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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