Taraka (butterfly)
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| Copulating pair of Taraka haimada. | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Miletinae |
| Tribe: | Spalgini |
| Genus: | Taraka Doherty, 1889 [1] |
Taraka is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae that inhabit the East Asian Palearctic and Indomalayan realms. It includes the species Taraka hamada, de Nicéville, (Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra, Thailand) and Tamai & Guo, 2001 Sichuan.
References[]
- ^ Doherty, 1889 Notes on Assam butterflies J. asiat. Soc. Bengal. 58 Pt.II (1) : 118-134
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Categories:
- Miletinae
- Lycaenidae genera
- Taxa named by William Doherty
- Miletinae stubs