Famegana
Sign in to saveFamegana is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae erected by John Nevill Eliot in 1973. Its single species, Famegana alsulus, the black-spotted grass blue, was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1869. It is found in the Australasian realm.
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Within Vinony's link graph, Famegana is referenced by 18 other articles, and connects out to Animalia, insect and butterfly.
Vinony files it under Fauna of Niue, Lycaenidae genera and Polyommatini.
Its subject is documented across 7 Wikipedia language editions.
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 367
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Collections
- CSIRO, NMV, QM
- Recorded in
- Australia
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Polyommatini
- Image
- Famegana alsulus alsulus.jpg
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Famegana is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae erected by John Nevill Eliot in 1973. Its single species, Famegana alsulus, the black-spotted grass blue, was first described by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer in 1869. It is found in the Australasian realm.
==Subspecies== F. a. alsulus Torres Strait Island, North Australia - New South Wales F. a. lulu (Mathew, 1889) Fiji F. a. kalawarus (Ribbe, 1926) Sulawesi F. a. eggletoni (Corbet, 1941) Hong Kong
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