Simiskina
| Simiskina | |
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| Simiskina phalena hayashii | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Tribe: | Poritiini |
| Genus: | Simiskina Distant, 1886 |
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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[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. 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". A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae from the Philippines. Archived from the original on June 14, 2001 – via Internet Archive.
- 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[edit]
Wikispecies has information related to species and sub-species.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Simiskina.
- Savela, Markku (August 26, 2016). "Simiskina Distant, 1886". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
- "Taxonomy Browser: Simiskina". Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD). Retrieved January 15, 2020.