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Famegana
Famegana alsulus alsulus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Famegana
Eliot, 1973
Species:
F. alsulus
Binomial name
Famegana alsulus

Famegana is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae erected by John Nevill Eliot in 1973. Its single species, Famegana alsulus, the black-spotted grass blue, was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1869. It is found in the Australasian realm. [1] [2]

Subspecies

  • F. a. alsulus Torres Strait Island, North Australia - New South Wales
  • F. a. lulu (Mathew, 1889) Fiji
  • F. a. kalawarus (Ribbe, 1926) Sulawesi
  • F. a. eggletoni (Corbet, 1941) Hong Kong

References

  1. ^ Eliot, J. N. (1973). "The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative arrangement". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). (28) 6: 375–505, 162 figs., 6 pls.
  2. ^ Hirowatari, T. (1992). "A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae)". Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture. (B), 44 (Suppl.)


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Famegana
Famegana alsulus alsulus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Famegana
Eliot, 1973
Species:
F. alsulus
Binomial name
Famegana alsulus

Famegana is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae erected by John Nevill Eliot in 1973. Its single species, Famegana alsulus, the black-spotted grass blue, was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1869. It is found in the Australasian realm. [1] [2]

Subspecies

  • F. a. alsulus Torres Strait Island, North Australia - New South Wales
  • F. a. lulu (Mathew, 1889) Fiji
  • F. a. kalawarus (Ribbe, 1926) Sulawesi
  • F. a. eggletoni (Corbet, 1941) Hong Kong

References

  1. ^ Eliot, J. N. (1973). "The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative arrangement". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). (28) 6: 375–505, 162 figs., 6 pls.
  2. ^ Hirowatari, T. (1992). "A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae)". Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture. (B), 44 (Suppl.)



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