Thaumaina

Thaumaina is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.^[1][2][3] It is monotypic, containing the single species Thaumaina uranothauma.

Thaumaina
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Polyommatinae
Tribe:	Polyommatini
Genus:	Thaumaina Bethune-Baker, 1908
Species:	T. uranothauma
Binomial name
Thaumaina uranothauma Bethune-Baker, 1908

References

1. Bethune-Baker, G. T. (June 1908), "Descriptions of new Species of Butterflies of the Division Rhopalocera from Africa and from New Guinea", Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 78 (1): 110–126, doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1908.tb01838.x
2. Hirowatari, Toshiya (July 1, 1992), "A Generic Classification of the Tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian Regions : Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae", Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture. Ser. B, Agriculture and Biology, B, Agriculture and biology, 44 (supplement), University of Osaka Prefecture: 1–102, hdl:10466/3326
3. Parsons, Michael (1998), The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea: Their Systematics and Biology, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0-12-545555-8

External links

• "Thaumaina Bethune-Baker, 1908" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
• Media related to Thaumaina at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Thaumaina at Wikispecies