Suniana

Genus of butterflies

Suniana

Suniana sunias
Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Hesperiidae
Tribe:  | Taractrocerini
Genus:  | Suniana
Evans, 1934
Species

3, see text

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 is sister group to the genus Ocybadistes.[1]

## Species

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* 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

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1. ^ a b 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.

## External links

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* Suniana. Butterflies and Moths of the World. Natural History Museum.
* Suniana. Funet.

Taxon identifiers

Suniana|

* Wikidata: Q1762677
* Wikispecies: Suniana
* AFD: Suniana
* BioLib: 643823
* BOLD: 3282
* ButMoth: 27919.0
* CoL: 92NHD
* EoL: 20596
* GBIF: 1942628
* iNaturalist: 83706
* IRMNG: 1423632
* LepIndex: 188540
* NCBI: 509490
* Open Tree of Life: 480134

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