''Jacoona'' 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
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family (biology), family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of ...
. The three species of this genus are found in the
Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia.
Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ...
.
Species
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Jacoona anasuja''
(C. & R. Felder, 1865)
*''
Jacoona irmina''
Fruhstorfer, 1904
*''
Jacoona fabronia''
(Hewitson，878
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Year 878 ( DCCCLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place Europe
* March–April – Wilfred the Hairy (ruler of the Catalan counties) with other supporters of Louis the St ...
External links
"''Jacoona'' Distant, 1884"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by William Lucas Distant
Butterflies described in 1884
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