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Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae

Deramas
D. tomokoae, male upperside
D. tomokoae, male underside
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Poritiini
Genus: Deramas
Distant, 1886
Synonyms
  • Zarona de Nicéville,

Deramas is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae erected by William Lucas Distant in 1886. The genus ranges from south Myanmar to Sundaland, the Philippines and Sulawesi. Most of the species are rare and endangered, and are confined to forest from sea level to about 5,000 feet (1,500 m).

Species

References

  • Seitz, A., 1924-1927: In 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 Apollo, Suppl. 14: 7-118.
  • Seki, Y., Takanami, Y. & Otsuka K., 1991: Butterflies of Borneo, Lycaenidae. 2 (1): 1-113. Toboshima Corporation. Tokyo.
  • Treadaway, Colin G. & Schrőder,Heinz,2012: Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo, Suppl. 20: 1-64.

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Taxon identifiers
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