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Neomyrina

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Neomyrina
Scientific classification
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Neomyrina

Distant, 1884
Species:
N. nivea
Binomial name
Neomyrina nivea
(Godman & Salvin, 1878)[1]

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

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  • 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

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The larva feeds on Balanocarpus heimii (with ants).

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Savela, Markku. "Neomyrina Distant, 1884". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
  3. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.