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.
Species
- Simiskina pasira <small>(Moulton, 1911)</small>
- Simiskina pavonica <small>de Nicéville, 1895</small>
- Simiskina pediada <small>(Hewitson, 1877)</small>
- Simiskina phalena <small>(Hewitson, 1874)</small>
- Simiskina phalia <small>(Hewitson, 1874)</small>
- Simiskina pharyge <small>(Hewitson, 1874)</small>
- Simiskina pheretia <small>(Hewitson, 1874)</small>
- Simiskina philura <small>(H. H. Druce, 1895)</small>
- Simiskina proxima <small>de Nicéville, 1895</small>
- Simiskina sibatika <small>Eliot, 1969</small>
References
- , 1940. A revision of the Malayan species of Poritiinae (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society of London. 90: 337âÂÂ350, 1 pl., 21 figs.
- , 1886. Descriptions of new species and a new genus of Rhopalocera from the Malay Peninsula. Entomologist 19:11-12.
- , 1969. More revisional notes on oriental butterflies. Entomologist 102: 269âÂÂ278, 8 figs., 1 pl.
- , 1992. In Corbet & Pendlebury, The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. 4th Edn. Kuala Lumpur.
- , 1991. Butterflies of Borneo Vol. 2, No. 1. Lycaenidae. Tobishima Corporation, Tokyo.
- , 1995. Checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apollo Suppl. 14: 7âÂÂ118.
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