Dacalana is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus is distributed from Assam through Sundaland to Sulawesi, and is especially richly represented in the Philippines.

Dacalana
Dacalana mio
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Theclini
Genus: Dacalana
Moore, 1884
Synonyms
  • Dacalana Distant, 1884
  • Arrhenothrix de Nicéville, 1890

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References

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  • Seitz, A., 1924-1927: 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 Apoll, Suppl. 14: 7-118.
  • Vane-Wright, R.I. & de Jong, R., 2003: The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. Zoologische Verhandelingen 343;132-133.
  • Treadaway, Colin G. & Schrőder, Heinz,2012: Revised checklist of the butterflies of the Philippine Islands. Nachrichten des Entomologischen Vereins Apoll, Suppl. 20: 1-64.