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.