Coreana

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Theclini
Genus: Coreana
Species: C. raphaelis
Name

Coreana Tutt, [1907]: 276.

Type species: Thecla raphaelis Oberthür, 1880: 20, pl. 5, fig. 1 ♂; by original designation.
References

Oberthür, C. 1880. Faune des Lépidoptères de l'ile Askold. Études d'entomologie 5(1): 11–88, pls 1–9. Text, plates. Reference page.
Shirôzu, T., 1962. A new subspecies of Coreana raphaelis Oberthür from Yamagata Prefecture, Japan [in Japanese]. Tyo to Ga 12(3): 48-50. PDF. Reference page.
Tutt, J.W. 1907–1908. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera Vol 9, Butterflies (2): 495pp, 28 pls. London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co. BHL Reference page.

Coreana is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Coreana raphaelis, which is found in the east Palearctic in Ussuri, north-east China, Korea and Japan (Honshu).

The larva feeds on Fraxinus species (F. rhyncophylia, F. japonica, F. lanuginosa and F. mandshurica).
Subspecies

C. r. flamen (Leech, 1887) Korea
C. r. yamamotoi Okano, 1953 Japan
C. r. ohruii Shirôzu, 1962 Japan