Yoma sabina, the Australian lurcher, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is found in the northern Australasian realm and in Southeast Asia.
| Australian lurcher | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nymphalidae |
| Genus: | Yoma |
| Species: | Y. sabina
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| Binomial name | |
| Yoma sabina (Cramer, 1780)
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| Synonyms[1] | |
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Papilio sabina Cramer 1780 | |
The wingspan is around 7 cm.
The larvae feed on Dipteracanthus bracteatus and Ruellia species (wild petunias).
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Yoma sabina vasuki from Taiwan
References
edit- ^ "Yoma Doherty, 1886" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
External links
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