''Nacaduba'' is a
genus
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of
gossamer-winged butterflies
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 butterfly ...
(Lycaenidae). It constitutes many of the
species
In biology, a species is the basic unit of classification and a taxonomic rank of an organism, as well as a unit of biodiversity. A species is often defined as the largest group of organisms in which any two individuals of the appropriate s ...
commonly called "lineblues". As they are the genus initially erected to contain all lineblues, they might be considered the "typical" lineblues, as opposed to the species relatives now separated in ''Catapyrops'', ''
Prosotas'' and ''Petrelea''.
Selected species
* ''
Nacaduba angusta''
(Druce, 1873) - white lineblue
* ''
Nacaduba berenice''
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) - rounded six-line blue
** ''Nacaduba berenice leei''
Hsu, 1990
* ''
Nacaduba beroe''
(Felder & Felder, 1865) - opaque six-line blue
** ''Nacaduba beroe asakusa''
Fruhstorfer, 1916
* ''
Nacaduba biocellata
''Nacaduba biocellata'', the double-spotted line blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Australia (including New South Wales, the Northern Territory, South Australia, Victoria and Western Australia), Singapore, the New Hebr ...
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(C. & R. Felder, 865
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Events
By place Europe
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- double-spotted line blue
* ''
Nacaduba calauria
''Nacaduba calauria'', the dark Ceylon six-lineblue, is a species of lycaenid butterfly found in Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into th ...
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(C. Felder, 1860) - dark Ceylon six-line blue
* ''
Nacaduba cyanea''
(Cramer, 775
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- tailed green-banded line-blue
* ''
Nacaduba hermus''
Felder, 1860 - pale four-line blue
* ''
Nacaduba kurava''
(Moore, 1857) - transparent six-line blue
** ''Nacaduba kurava therasia''
Fruhstorfer, 1916
* ''
Nacaduba ollyetti''
Corbet, 1947 - Woodhouse's Four Lineblue
* ''
Nacaduba pactolus''
(C. Felder, 1860) - large four-line blue
** ''Nacaduba pactolus hainani''
Bethune-Baker, 1914
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Nacaduba pavana
''Nacaduba pavana'', the small four-line blue or Singapore four-line blue, is a species of lycaenid butterfly found in Southeast Asia.
Description
Male upperside: purple with a frosted silvery-blue sheen very much as in ''N. macrophthalma''. Fo ...
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(Horsfield, 1828) - small four-line blue
* ''
Nacaduba sanaya''
Fruhstorfer, 1916 Sulawesi, Philippines, Banggai, Celebes.
Nias,Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi, Singapore, Sumatra, Borneo,Java
* ''
Nacaduba schneideri''
(Ribbe, 1899)
* ''
Nacaduba sinhala''
(Ormiston, 1924) - Ceylon six-line blue
References
External links
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Butterflies of Australia
Lycaenidae genera
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