Simiskina

Simiskina is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus was erected by William Lucas Distant in 1886. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm.

Simiskina
Simiskina phalena hayashii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Tribe:	Poritiini
Genus:	Simiskina Distant, 1886
Synonyms
Massaga Doherty, 1889 (preocc. Walker, 1854)

Species

• Simiskina pasira (Moulton, 1911)
• Simiskina pavonica de Nicéville, 1895
• Simiskina pediada (Hewitson, 1877)
• Simiskina phalena (Hewitson, 1874)
• Simiskina phalia (Hewitson, 1874)
• Simiskina pharyge (Hewitson, 1874)
• Simiskina pheretia (Hewitson, 1874)
• Simiskina philura (H. H. Druce, 1895)
• Simiskina proxima de Nicéville, 1895
• Simiskina sibatika Eliot, 1969

References

• Corbet, A. S., 1940. A revision of the Malayan species of Poritiinae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 90: 337–350, 1 pl., 21 figs.
• Distant, W. L., 1886. Descriptions of new species and a new genus of Rhopalocera from the Malay Peninsula. Entomologist 19:11-12.
• Eliot, J. N., 1969. More revisional notes on oriental butterflies. Entomologist 102: 269–278, 8 figs., 1 pl.
• Eliot, J. N., 1992. In Corbet & Pendlebury, The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. 4th Edn. Kuala Lumpur.
• Savela, Markku (March 20, 2019). "Poritiinae". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
• Seki, Y., Takanami, Y. and Otsuka, K., 1991. Butterflies of Borneo Vol. 2, No. 1. Lycaenidae. Tobishima Corporation, Tokyo.
• Takanami, Yusuke & Seki, Yasuo (April 1, 2001). "Edition 12". A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae from the Philippines. Archived from the original on June 14, 2001 – via Internet Archive.
• Treadaway, C. G., 1995. Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo Suppl. 14: 7–118.

External links

• Savela, Markku (August 26, 2016). "Simiskina Distant, 1886". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 15, 2020.
• "Taxonomy Browser: Simiskina". Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD). Retrieved January 15, 2020.