Coreana is a
butterfly genus in the family
Lycaenidae. The genus is
monotypic, containing the single species ''Coreana raphaelis'', which is found in the east
Palearctic
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The realm consists of several bioregions: the Euro-Sibe ...
in
Ussuri, north-east
China
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,
Korea and
Japan
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(
Honshu).
The larva feeds on ''
Fraxinus
''Fraxinus'' (), common name, commonly called ash, is a genus of flowering plants in the olive and lilac family, Oleaceae. It contains 45–65 species of usually medium to large trees, mostly deciduous, though a number of Subtropics, subtropic ...
'' species (''
F. rhyncophylia'', ''
F. japonica'', ''
F. lanuginosa'' and ''
F. mandshurica'').
Subspecies
*''C. r. flamen''
(Leech, 1887) Korea
*''C. r. yamamotoi''
Okano, 1953 Japan
*''C. r. ohruii''
Shirôzu, 1962 Japan
External links
"''Coreana'' Tutt, [1907]"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
images representing ''Coreana''at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
Theclini
Monotypic butterfly genera
Taxa named by J. W. Tutt
Lycaenidae genera
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