''Suniana'' is a genus of
butterflies
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the family
Hesperiidae
Skippers are a family of the Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies) named the Hesperiidae. Being diurnal, they are generally called butterflies. They were previously placed in a separate superfamily, Hesperioidea; however, the most recent taxonomy ...
, the skippers. It is composed of three species, all native to the Australian faunal region, Australia and several surrounding island nations.
[de Jong, R. (1998)]
Halmahera and Seram: different histories, but similar butterfly faunas.
In: Hall, R. and J. D. Holloway. (Eds.) ''Biogeography and Geological Evolution of SE Asia''. Buckhuys Publishers, Leiden, 315-25.
''Suniana'' is
sister group
In phylogenetics, a sister group or sister taxon, also called an adelphotaxon, comprises the closest relative(s) of another given unit in an evolutionary tree.
Definition
The expression is most easily illustrated by a cladogram:
Taxon A and t ...
to the genus ''
Ocybadistes
''Ocybadistes'' is a genus of skippers in the family Hesperiidae.
Species
The genus includes the following species:
* '' Ocybadistes flavovittata'' (Latreille, 824
* '' Ocybadistes walkeri'' Heron, 1894
* ''Ocybadistes knightorum
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Species
*'' Suniana lascivia'' (Rosenstock, 1885) – dingy grass-dart, northern dingy-dart
*'' Suniana subfasciata'' (Rothschild, 1915)
*''Suniana sunias
''Suniana sunias'' is a butterfly of the family Hesperiidae. It is found in Indonesia (Papua (province), Papua, Maluku (province), Maluku), Australia (New South Wales, Northern Territory and Queensland), Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands.
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'' (Felder, 1860) – wide-brand grass-dart, orange dart
References
External links
''Suniana''.
Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum.
Funet.
Taractrocerini
Hesperiidae genera
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