Yoma sabina

Australian lurcher
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Tribe: Junoniini
Genus: Yoma
Species: Y. sabina
Binomial name
Yoma sabina
(Cramer, 1780)
Synonyms[1]

Papilio sabina' Cramer 1780

Yoma sabina, the Australian lurcher, is a butterfly of the Nymphalidae family. It is found in the North of the Australasia ecozone and Southeast Asia.

The wingspan is around 7 cm.

The larvae feed on Dipteracanthus bracteatus and Ruellia (wild petunias) species.

References

  1. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/nymphalidae/nymphalinae/yoma/index.html
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