''Semanga'' is a genus of butterflies in the family
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...
. The genus was erected by
William Lucas Distant
William Lucas Distant (12 November 1845 Rotherhithe – 4 February 1922 Wanstead) was an English entomologist.
Biography Early years
Distant was born in Rotherhithe, the son of whaling captain Alexander Distantspecies:B.R. Subba Rao, Rao, B.R ...
in 1884.
Species
Listed alphabetically:
[
* '' Semenga helena'' (Röber, 1887) – Helena rededge - found in Banggai and ?Sulawesi
* '' Semanga superba'' (Druce, 1873) - found in Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Langkawi, Burma, Mergui, Thailand, Pulau Tioman, Sumatra, Thailand and Vietnam
]
References
Arhopalini
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by William Lucas Distant
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