''Dacalana'' is a genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
in the family
Lycaenidae
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. The genus is distributed from
Assam
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through
Sundaland
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to
Sulawesi
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, and is especially richly represented in the
Philippines
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.
Species
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Dacalana cotys''
Hewitson
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Dacalana lowii''
H.H.Druce
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Dacalana anysis''
Hewitson
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Dacalana burmana''
Moore
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Dacalana sinhara''
Fruhstorfer
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Dacalana capusa''
Fruhstorfer
*''
Dacalana penicilligera''
de Nicéville
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Dacalana cremera''
de Nicéville
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Dacalana sannio''
Druce
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Dacalana aristarchus''
Fruhstorfer
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Dacalana kurosawai''
H. Hayashi
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Dacalana monsapona''
Schröder & Treadaway
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Dacalana akayamai''
H. Hayashi, Schröder & Treadaway
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Dacalana liaoi''
H. Hayashi, Schröder & Treadaway
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Dacalana irmae''
H. Hayashi, Schröder & Treadaway
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Dacalana mio''
H. Hayashi, Schröder & Treadaway
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Dacalana polyorketes''
Fruhstorfer
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Dacalana treadawayi''
H. Hayashi
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Dacalana lucillae''
H. Hayashi, Schröder & Treadaway
References
* Seitz, A., 1924-1927: ''The Macrolepidoptera of the World,'' 9: 903-1026. Stuttgart.
* Eliot J.N., 1992: In Corbet & Pendlebury. ''The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula'', 4th edn. x+595pp, 69pls. Kuala Lumpur.
* Treadaway, Colin G., 1995: Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands. ''Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apoll'', Suppl. 14: 7-118.
* Vane-Wright, R.I. & de Jong, R., 2003
The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna ''Zoologische Verhandelingen'' 343;132-133.
* Treadaway, Colin G. & Schrőder, Heinz,2012: Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands. ''Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apoll'', Suppl. 20: 1-64.
Iolaini
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by Frederic Moore
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