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Niphanda

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Tribe
  
NiphandiniEliot, 1973

Rank
  
Genus

Class
  
Insecta

Subfamily
  
Polyommatinae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Butterflies and moths

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Similar
  
Niphanda fusca, Butterflies and moths, Niphanda cymbia, Nacaduba, Neopithecops

Niphanda is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae and only member of the Niphandini tribe. The members (species) of this genus are found in the Indomalaya ecozone and the Palearctic ecozone. The genus was erected by Frederic Moore in 1875.

Species

  • Niphanda asialis (de Nicéville, 1895) India to Peninsular Malaya, South Yunnan, Sumatra, Java
  • Niphanda cymbia de Nicéville, [1884]
  • Niphanda fusca (Bremer & Grey, 1853) Amur, Ussuri, Transbaikalia, NorthEast China, Japan
  • Niphanda stubbsi Howarth, 1956 Peninsular Malaya.
  • Niphanda tessellata Moore, [1875] Burma, Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Sundaland,Philippines
  • Niphanda anthenoides Okubo, 2007 Philippines (Mindanao)

    • References

    Niphanda Wikipedia
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