Yoma sabina
Species of butterfly
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Yoma sabina, the Australian lurcher, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the northern Australasian realm and in Southeast Asia.
| Australian lurcher | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Yoma |
| Species: | Y. sabina |
| Binomial name | |
| Yoma sabina (Cramer, 1780) | |
| Synonyms[1] | |
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Papilio sabina Cramer 1780 | |
The wingspan is around 7 cm.
The larvae feed on Dipteracanthus bracteatus and Ruellia species (wild petunias).
Yoma sabina vasuki from Taiwan
