Sahulana

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: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Sahulana
Species: S. scintillata
Name

Sahulana Hirowatari, 1992
Gender

feminine
Type species

Lycaena scintillata Lucas, 1889, by original designation

References
cited sources

Hirowatari, T. 1992: A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae). Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture (B), 44(Suppl.)

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Nomenclator Zoologicus

Sahulana is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae erected by Toshiya Hirowatari in 1992. It is monotypic, containing only the species Sahulana scintillata, which was first described by Thomas Pennington Lucas in 1889. It is found on Torres Strait Island and in the Australian state of New South Wales.[2] Larval food plants include Acacia , Alectryon and Cupaniopsis (flower buds).[3]
References

Hirowatari, 1992 A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae) Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture. (B) 44: 1-102.
Savela, Markku, ed. (11 February 2017). "Sahulana Hirowatari, 1992". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 21 July 2020.

Robinson, Gaden S.; Ackery, Phillip R.; Kitching, Ian J.; Beccaloni, George W. & Hernández, Luis M. (2010). "Search the database - introduction and help". HOSTS - A Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants. Natural History Museum, London.

Wikispecies has information related to Sahulana.
External links

"Taxonomy Browser: Sahulana". Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD). Retrieved July 21, 2020. With images.