Dacalana

Dacalana is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus is distributed from Assam through Sundaland to Sulawesi, and is especially richly represented in the Philippines.

Dacalana
Dacalana mio
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Tribe:	Theclini
Genus:	Dacalana Moore, 1884
Synonyms
Dacalana Distant, 1884 Arrhenothrix de Nicéville, 1890

Species

• Dacalana cotys Hewitson
• Dacalana lowii H.H.Druce
• Dacalana anysis Hewitson
• Dacalana burmana Moore
• Dacalana sinhara Fruhstorfer
• Dacalana capusa Fruhstorfer
• Dacalana penicilligera de Nicéville
• Dacalana cremera de Nicéville
• Dacalana sannio Druce
• Dacalana aristarchus Fruhstorfer
• Dacalana kurosawai H. Hayashi
• Dacalana monsapona Schröder & Treadaway
• Dacalana akayamai H. Hayashi, Schröder & Treadaway
• Dacalana liaoi H. Hayashi, Schröder & Treadaway
• Dacalana irmae H. Hayashi, Schröder & Treadaway
• Dacalana mio H. Hayashi, Schröder & Treadaway
• Dacalana polyorketes Fruhstorfer
• Dacalana treadawayi H. Hayashi
• Dacalana lucillae H. Hayashi, Schröder & Treadaway

References

• Seitz, A., 1924-1927: The Macrolepidoptera of the World, 9: 903-1026. Stuttgart.
• Eliot J.N., 1992: In Corbet & Pendlebury. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula, 4th edn. x+595pp, 69pls. Kuala Lumpur.
• Treadaway, Colin G., 1995: Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apoll, Suppl. 14: 7-118.
• Vane-Wright, R.I. & de Jong, R., 2003: The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. Zoologische Verhandelingen 343;132-133.
• Treadaway, Colin G. & Schrőder, Heinz,2012: Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apoll, Suppl. 20: 1-64.