Taxila (butterfly)
| Taxila | |
|---|---|
| Taxilahaquinus | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Riodinidae |
| Subfamily: | Nemeobiinae |
| Tribe: | Nemeobiini |
| Subtribe: | Abisarina |
| Genus: | Taxila Doubleday, 1847 |
| Type species | |
| Taxila haquinus (Fabricius, 1793)
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Taxila is a genus of butterflies in the family Riodinidae. In the past, several species were included under the genus Abisara. Only three Asian species are included in the genus following revisions.[1]
- Taxila haquinus (Fabricius, 1793) - Southeast Asia
- Taxila dora Fruhstorfer, 1904 - Laos and Vietnam
- Taxila hainana Riley & Godfrey, 1925 - Hainan[2]
References
- ^ Espeland, Marianne; Hall, Jason P.W.; DeVries, Philip J.; Lees, David C.; Cornwall, Mark; Hsu, Yu-Feng; Wu, Li-Wei; Campbell, Dana L.; Talavera, Gerard; Vila, Roger; Salzman, Shayla; Ruehr, Sophie; Lohman, David J.; Pierce, Naomi E. (2015). "Ancient Neotropical origin and recent recolonisation: Phylogeny, biogeography and diversification of the Riodinidae (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea)". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 93: 296–306. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2015.08.006.
- ^ Callaghan, Curtis J. (2009). "The riodinid butterflies of Vietnam (Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society. 63 (2): 61–82.