Great spotted blue | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Phengaris |
Species: | P. atroguttata
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Binomial name | |
Phengaris atroguttata (
Oberthür 1876)
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Synonyms | |
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Phengaris atroguttata, the great spotted blue, [1] [2] is a small butterfly found in India, Myanmar, [3] and China that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
The butterfly was earlier known as Polyommatus atroguttata (Oberthür). [3]
It is found in Nagaland and the Chin Hills of Myanmar [3] [4] and is considered rare. [4]
The butterfly ranges from 44 to 48 mm. The butterfly is white with pale blue suffusion, and, also a dark border on the forewing. The male butterfly has very large black discal spots showing through from below. These are darkened in above in the case of the female butterfly. [4]
Media related to Phengaris atroguttata at Wikimedia Commons
Great spotted blue | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Phengaris |
Species: | P. atroguttata
|
Binomial name | |
Phengaris atroguttata (
Oberthür 1876)
| |
Synonyms | |
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Phengaris atroguttata, the great spotted blue, [1] [2] is a small butterfly found in India, Myanmar, [3] and China that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
The butterfly was earlier known as Polyommatus atroguttata (Oberthür). [3]
It is found in Nagaland and the Chin Hills of Myanmar [3] [4] and is considered rare. [4]
The butterfly ranges from 44 to 48 mm. The butterfly is white with pale blue suffusion, and, also a dark border on the forewing. The male butterfly has very large black discal spots showing through from below. These are darkened in above in the case of the female butterfly. [4]
Media related to Phengaris atroguttata at Wikimedia Commons