Arhopala dodonaea
Pale Himalayan oakblue | |
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Male,Courvoisier Collection, Basel | |
Male on left, the female is always larger | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Arhopala |
Species: | A. dodonaea |
Binomial name | |
Arhopala dodonaea | |
Synonyms | |
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Arhopala dodonaea, the pale Himalayan oakblue, (sometimes listed as a synonym of Amblypodia rama)[3] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Description
[edit]Both male and female are blue with a broad border. The underside is grey. The female forewing termen is markedly crenulate.
Range
[edit]The butterfly occurs in India (Kumaon) and Pakistan.[4] Afghanistan, Northwest Himalaya - Sikkim, Chitral.
Status
[edit]William Harry Evans reported that the species was common in 1932.[4]
See also
[edit]Cited references
[edit]- ^ "Arhopala dodonaea - Pale Himalayan Oakblue - Butterflies of India". Butterflies of India. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ Tennent, W.J.; Rawlins, A. (2010). "Notes on Arhopala Boisduval, 1832 from Sulawesi and Maluku, including new subspecies of A. argentea Staudinger, 1888, A. chamaeleona Bethune-Baker, 1903, and A. azenia (Hewitson, [1863]) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)" (PDF). Nachrichten des Entomologische Vereins Apollo. 31 (1): 9. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ^ a b Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Amblypodia rama". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
- ^ a b Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 266, ser no H49.50.
References
[edit]- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
- Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
- Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.