Albulina asiatica

Taxobox
name = Azure Mountain Blue


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
superfamilia = Papilionoidea
familia = Lycaenidae
genus = "Albulina"
species = "A. asiatica"
binomial = "Albulina asiatica"
binomial_authority = (Elwes, 1882)

The Azure Mountain Blue ("Albulina asiatica") [http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/lepindex/detail.dsml?TaxonNo=206138.0&UserID=&UserName=&&listPageURL=list%2edsml%3fSCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcardqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26sort%3dSCIENTIFIC%255fNAME%255fon%255fcard%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcard%3dasiatica%26recLimit%3d30&searchPageURL=index%2edsml%3fsort%3dSCIENTIFIC%255fNAME%255fon%255fcard%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcardqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcard%3dasiatica%26recLimit%3d30 Card for "asiatica" in LepIndex. Accessed 14 October 2006.] ] Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera [http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/albulina/index.html| Page on "Albulina" genus.] ] is a small butterfly found in the Himalayas that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.

Taxonomy

The butterfly was earlier known as "Polyommatus asiatica" MooreEvans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H22.15, pp 228]

Range

The butterfly occurs in the Himalayas (Sikkim) and the Central Asian mountains.

Cited references

ee also

*Lycaenidae
*List of butterflies of India
*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