Neomyrina
Monotypic butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae
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Neomyrina is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae described by William Lucas Distant in 1884. It is monotypic, containing only the species Neomyrina nivea.[2] Neomyrina nivea was described by Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin in 1878. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[3]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Tribe: | Loxurini |
| Genus: | Neomyrina Distant, 1884 |
| Species: | N. nivea |
| Binomial name | |
| Neomyrina nivea | |
Subspecies
- N. n. nivea Belitung
- N. n. hiemalis (Godman & Salvin, 1878) Thailand, Malaysia
- N. n. periculosa Fruhstorfer, 1913 southern Myanmar - Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Lankawi, Sumatra
Biology
The larva feeds on Balanocarpus heimii (with ants).
