Australian lurcher
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
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 family Nymphalidae. It is found in the northern Australasian realm and in Southeast Asia.

The wingspan is around 7 cm.

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

References

  1. ↑ "Yoma Doherty, 1886" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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