Biduanda melisa

Taxobox
name = Blue Posy


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
superfamilia = Papilionoidea
familia = Lycaenidae
genus = "Biduanda"
species = "B. melisa"
binomial = "Biduanda melisa"
binomial_authority = (Hewitson 1869)

The Blue Posy ("Biduanda melisa") is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.

References

* Evans, W.H. (1932) "The Identification of Indian Butterflies." (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
* Gaonkar, Harish (1996) "Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a threatened mountain system." "Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society."
* Gay, Thomas; Kehimkar, Isaac & Punetha, J.C.(1992) "Common Butterflies of India." WWF-India and Oxford University Press, Mumbai, India.
* Haribal, Meena (1994) "Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History."
* Kunte, Krushnamegh (2005) "Butterflies of Peninsular India." Universities Press.
* Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) "Butterflies of the Indian Region," Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.

ee also

*Lycaenidae
*List of butterflies of India
*List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)