| Tailless bushblue | |
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Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Arhopala |
| Species: | A. ganesa
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| Binomial name | |
| Arhopala ganesa | |
| Synonyms | |
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Arhopala ganesa, the tailless bushblue, [2] is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found at the junction of the Palearctic realm and the Indomalayan realm.
Description
The male like all above blue with a narrow black margin, is distinguished by a white patch beyond the apex of the cell. The light dust-grey underside bears bands which are filled in with dark sealing on the forewing and are only indicated by their border-lines on the hindwing. — loomisi Pryer (= seminigra Leech) has the blue reduced above, there is no white on the upperside, and the underside is evenly banded with brown. [3]
Subspecies
- A. g. ganesa Northwest India, Sikkim
- A. g. watsoni Evans, 1912 Assam, Central Burma
- A. g. seminigra (Leech, 1890) West China, Hainan
- A. g. loomisi (Pryer, 1886) Japan
References
- ^ Moore, [1858] A Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy 1: : 1-278, pl. 1-12,1a,2a,3a,4a,5a,6a
- ^ "Arhopala Boisduval, 1832" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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^ Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln
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| Tailless bushblue | |
|---|---|
|
| |
|
Scientific classification
| |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Arhopala |
| Species: | A. ganesa
|
| Binomial name | |
| Arhopala ganesa | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
Arhopala ganesa, the tailless bushblue, [2] is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found at the junction of the Palearctic realm and the Indomalayan realm.
Description
The male like all above blue with a narrow black margin, is distinguished by a white patch beyond the apex of the cell. The light dust-grey underside bears bands which are filled in with dark sealing on the forewing and are only indicated by their border-lines on the hindwing. — loomisi Pryer (= seminigra Leech) has the blue reduced above, there is no white on the upperside, and the underside is evenly banded with brown. [3]
Subspecies
- A. g. ganesa Northwest India, Sikkim
- A. g. watsoni Evans, 1912 Assam, Central Burma
- A. g. seminigra (Leech, 1890) West China, Hainan
- A. g. loomisi (Pryer, 1886) Japan
References
- ^ Moore, [1858] A Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy 1: : 1-278, pl. 1-12,1a,2a,3a,4a,5a,6a
- ^ "Arhopala Boisduval, 1832" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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^ Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the
public domain.
|
| This Theclinae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |