''Megisba'' is a
genus
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial n ...
of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises t ...
in the family
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest 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 known butterfly ...
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Species
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Megisba strongyle''
(Felder, 1860) -
Australasian realm
The Australasian realm is a biogeographic realm that is coincident with, but not (by some definitions) the same as, the geographical region of Australasia. The realm includes Australia, the island of New Guinea (comprising Papua New Guinea an ...
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Megisba malaya
''Megisba malaya'', the Malayan, is a small butterfly found in South Asia and Southeast Asia.Wynter-Blyth (1957) It belongs to the family of gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae). The species was first described by Thomas Horsfield in 1928.
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(Horsfield, 828
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Year 828 ( DCCCXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar.
Events
By place
Byzantine Empire
* Siege of Syracuse: The Muslims under Asad ibn al-Furat defeat a ...
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Indomalayan realm
External links
"''Megisba'' Moore, [1881]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
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Polyommatini
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at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
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Polyommatini
Lycaenidae genera
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