''Jacoona'' is a genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the family
Lycaenidae. 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 Indi ...
.
Species
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Jacoona anasuja
''Jacoona anasuja'' is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1865. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.Adalbert Seitz, Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Pori ...
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(C. & R. Felder, 1865)
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Jacoona irmina''
Fruhstorfer, 1904
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Jacoona fabronia''
(Hewitson, 878
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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