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Niphandini

Niphanda
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Niphanda asialis Thailand
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Niphandini
Eliot, 1973
Genus: Niphanda
Moore, [1875]

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.



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