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Callenya lenya

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Scientific name
  
Callenya lenya

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Callenya

Rank
  
Species

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Callenya lenya, the long-winged hedge blue, is a butterfly of the Lycaenidae family.

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Distribution

C. lenya is found in southern Burma, Thailand, the Malay Peninsula and Borneo. In Kinabalu Park in Sabah, it is recorded from Kampung Kundasang, the Langganan waterfall, and Kampung Sayap. In Cambodia's Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, it is found above 800 metres on the Khamaoch massif.

Subspecies

  • Callenya lenya lenya (southern Burma, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Borneo)
  • Callenya lenya baluana (Sabah, Borneo)
  • References

    Callenya lenya Wikipedia