- Phengaris atroguttata
Taxobox
name = Great Spotted Blue
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regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
classis =Insect a
ordo =Lepidoptera
superfamilia =Papilionoidea
familia =Lycaenidae
genus = "Phengaris "
species = "P. atroguttata"
binomial = "Phengaris atroguttata"
binomial_authority = (Oberthür 1876)The Great Spotted Blue ("Phengaris atroguttata") [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/phengarisml Page on Marrku Savela's site for genus Phengaris (Lycaenidae).] ] [http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/lepindex/detail.dsml?TaxonNo=205294.0&UserID=&UserName=&&listPageURL=list%2edsml%3fSCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcardqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26sort%3dSCIENTIFIC%255fNAME%255fon%255fcard%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcard%3datroguttata%26recLimit%3d30&searchPageURL=index%2edsml%3fsort%3dSCIENTIFIC%255fNAME%255fon%255fcard%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcardqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcard%3datroguttata%26recLimit%3d30 Card for species "atroguttata" in LepIndex. Accessed 14 October 2006.] ] is a small
butterfly found inIndia andMyanmar Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H22.1, pg 225.] that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.Taxonomy
The butterfly was earlier known as "
Polyommatus atroguttata " (Oberthür).Range
It is found in
Nagaland and theChin Hills ofMyanmar Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, pg 253 & 255.] . Rare.Description
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.
Cited references
ee also
*
List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae) 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 [accessed 14 October 2006] .
* Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
* Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera [http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/index.html] .
* Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
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