''Remelana'' 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 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 ...

. ''Remelana'' was erected by

Frederic Moore Frederic Moore FZS (13 May 1830 – 10 May 1907) was a British entomologist and illustrator. He produced six volumes of ''Lepidoptera Indica'' and a catalogue of the birds in the collection of the East India Company. It has been said that Mo ...

in 1884."''Remelana'' Moore, 1884"
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''

Species

*'' Remelana davisi'' Jumalon, 1975 *''

Remelana jangala ''Remelana jangala'', the chocolate royal, is a Lycaenidae, lycaenid or blue butterfly found in South Asia. The species was Species description, first described by Thomas Horsfield in 1829. This species is found only in Eastern Himalayas. Subs ...

'' (Horsfield,

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- chocolate royal

References

External links

* * Remelanini Lycaenidae genera Taxa named by Frederic Moore {{Lycaenidae-stub