Suniana

Suniana is a genus of butterflies in the family Hesperiidae, the skippers. It is composed of three species, all native to the Australian faunal region, Australia and several surrounding island nations.[1]

Suniana
Suniana sunias
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Hesperiidae
Subfamily:
Hesperiinae
Tribe:
Taractrocerini
Genus:
Suniana

Evans, 1934
Species

3, see text

Suniana is sister group to the genus Ocybadistes.[1]

Species
  • Suniana lascivia (Rosenstock, 1885) – dingy grass-dart, northern dingy-dart
  • Suniana subfasciata (Rothschild, 1915)
  • Suniana sunias (Felder, 1860) – wide-brand grass-dart, orange dart

References
  1. de Jong, R. (1998). Halmahera and Seram: different histories, but similar butterfly faunas. In: Hall, R. and J. D. Holloway. (Eds.) Biogeography and Geological Evolution of SE Asia. Buckhuys Publishers, Leiden, 315-25.
  • Suniana. Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum.
  • Suniana. Funet.


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