Arhopala rama

Arhopala rama
Dark Himalayan Oakblue
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Arhopala
Species: A. rama
Binomial name
Arhopala rama
Kollar, 1844[verification needed]
Synonyms

Amblypodia rama (Kollar, 1848)[verification needed]

The Dark Himalayan Oakblue (Arhopala rama, sometimes placed in Amblypodia[1] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.

Contents

Range

The butterfly occurs in the Indian Himalayas from Kashmir to Sikkim and from Manipur to Dawnas.[2]

Status

Common in the Himalayas. Not Rare elsewhere.[2]

Cited references

  1. ^ Card for rama in LepIndex. Accessed 16 Jun 2007.
  2. ^ a b Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H49.51, pp 266.

See also

References

  • Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex.
  • Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
  • Haribal, Meena (1994) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History.
  • Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.


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