Simiskina is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The genus was erected by William Lucas Distant in 1886. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm.
Species Simiskina pasira (Moulton, 1911) Simiskina pavonica de Nicéville, 1895 Simiskina pediada (Hewitson, 1877) Simiskina phalena (Hewitson, 1874) Simiskina phalia (Hewitson, 1874) Simiskina pharyge (Hewitson, 1874) Simiskina pheretia (Hewitson, 1874) Simiskina philura (H. H. Druce, 1895) Simiskina proxima de Nicéville, 1895 Simiskina sibatika Eliot, 1969
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