Horaga selina

Selina's Onyx
Horaga selina North Sulawesi Alan Cassidy photo
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Horaga
Species: H. selina
Binomial name
Horaga selina
(Grose Smith, 1895).

The Selina's Onyx, Horaga selina is a species of lycaenid or Hairstreak butterfly found in Sulawesi[1]

Range

H. selina is endemic to Sulawesi.[1] It was first found in the Central Region and was known until 1985 from only the single holotype specimen. It has since been found in the Southern Region[1] and also in the Dumoga-Bone National Park, Northern Sulawesi, during the Royal Entomological Society's 1985 expedition Project Wallace[2]

Cited references

  1. 1 2 3 Vane-Wright R.I. & de Jong R. 2003. The Butterflies of Sulawesi p129.
  2. Cassidy, Alan, 1985, pers. comm. See picture.

See also


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