Remelana jangala (Horsfield, 1829) is a animal in the Lycaenidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Remelana jangala (Horsfield, 1829)

Remelana jangala (Horsfield, 1829)

Remelana jangala, the chocolate royal, is a lycaenid blue butterfly found in the Eastern Himalayas, South Asia, first described in 1829.

Family
Genus
Remelana
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Remelana jangala (Horsfield, 1829)

Remelana jangala, commonly known as the chocolate royal, is a lycaenid, which is also called a blue butterfly, found in South Asia. This species is exclusively located in the Eastern Himalayas. It was first described by Thomas Horsfield in 1829.

Photo: (c) Sterling Sheehy, some rights reserved (CC BY), uploaded by Sterling Sheehy · cc-by

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Lycaenidae Remelana

More from Lycaenidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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