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Suniana

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Hesperiidae

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Subfamily
  
Hesperiinae

Suniana

Suniana is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae, the skippers. It is composed of three species, all native to the Australian faunal region, Australia and several surrounding island nations.

Suniana is sister group to the genus Ocybadistes.

Species

  • Suniana lascivia (Rosenstock, 1885) – dingy grass-dart, northern dingy-dart
  • Suniana subfasciata (Rothschild, 1915)
  • Suniana sunias (Felder, 1860) – wide-brand grass-dart, orange dart

    • References

    Suniana Wikipedia
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