Amblypodia rama

Taxobox
name = Dark Himalayan Oakblue


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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
superfamilia = Papilionoidea
familia = Lycaenidae
genus = "Amblypodia"
species = "A. rama"
binomial = "Amblypodia rama"
binomial_authority = (Kollar, 1848)

The Dark Himalayan Oakblue ("Amblypodia rama") [http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/lepindex/detail.dsml?TaxonNo=195032.0&UserID=&UserName=&&listPageURL=list%2edsml%3fSCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcardqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26sort%3dSCIENTIFIC%255fNAME%255fon%255fcard%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcard%3drama%26recLimit%3d30&searchPageURL=index%2edsml%3fsort%3dSCIENTIFIC%255fNAME%255fon%255fcard%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcardqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcard%3drama%26recLimit%3d30 Card for "rama" in LepIndex. Accessed 16 Jun 2007.] ] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.

Range

The butterfly occurs in the Indian Himalayas from Kashmir to Sikkim and from Manipur to Dawnas.Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H49.51, pp 266.]

tatus

Common in the Himalayas. Not Rare elsewhere.

Cited references

ee also

*Lycaenidae
*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.
* 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.