Petrelaea
Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae
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Petrelaea is a small genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. Its species are found in the Australasian and Indomalayan realms.
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| Petrelaea dana Fig.15 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
| Tribe: | Polyommatini |
| Genus: | Petrelaea Toxopeus, 1929 |
Species
- Petrelaea dana (de Nicéville, 1884)
- Petrelaea tombugensis (Röber, 1886) New Guinea, Celebes, Thursday Island, Sulawesi, Sula, Solomon Islands, North Australia, Ogasawara Island.
External links
Wikispecies has information related to Petrelaea.
- Funet Taxonomy Distribution
- Images representing Petrelaea at Bold