Neomyrina

Neomyrina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Tribe:	Loxurini
Genus:	Neomyrina; Distant, 1884
Species:	N. nivea
Binomial name
	Neomyrina nivea; (Godman & Salvin, 1878)

Neomyrina is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae described by William Lucas Distant in 1884. It is monotypic, containing only the species Neomyrina nivea. Neomyrina nivea was described by Frederick DuCane Godman and Osbert Salvin in 1878. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.

Subspecies

N. n. nivea Belitung
N. n. hiemalis (Godman & Salvin, 1878) Thailand, Malaysia
N. n. periculosa Fruhstorfer, 1913 southern Myanmar - Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Lankawi, Sumatra

The larva feeds on Balanocarpus heimii (with ants).

↑ Godman, F. & Salvin, O., 1878. "Catalogue of Lepidoptera collected by Mr. S. N. Walter in the island of Billiton. Rhopalocera". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1878(3): 637-641, pl. 40.
↑ Savela, Markku. "Neomyrina Distant, 1884". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 24, 2018.
↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.

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