Neomyrina
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Genus: | Neomyrina Distant, 1884
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Species: | N. nivea
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Neomyrina nivea |
Neomyrina is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae described by William Lucas Distant in 1884. It is monotypic, containing only the species Neomyrina nivea.[2] Neomyrina nivea was described by Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin in 1878. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[3]
Subspecies
[edit]- N. n. nivea Belitung
- N. n. hiemalis (Godman & Salvin, 1878) Thailand, Malaysia
- N. n. periculosa Fruhstorfer, 1913 southern Myanmar - Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Lankawi, Sumatra
Biology
[edit]The larva feeds on Balanocarpus heimii (with ants).
References
[edit]- ^ Godman, F. & Salvin, O., 1878. "Catalogue of Lepidoptera collected by Mr. S. N. Walter in the island of Billiton. Rhopalocera". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1878(3): 637-641, pl. 40.
- ^ Savela, Markku. "Neomyrina Distant, 1884". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.