Mahathala ameria

Mahathala ameria
Falcate Oakblue
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Mahathala
Species: M. ameria
Binomial name
Mahathala ameria
(Hewitson, 1862)

The Falcate Oakblue Mahathala ameria[1][2] is a species of blue butterfly found in South East Asia.

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Range

The butterfly occurs in India from Bengal to Assam, the Khasi hills, and other parts of NE India onto Southern Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Java. It is also found in Western and Southern China, Hainan and Taiwan.[1]

Status

Rare.[3]

Cited references

  1. ^ a b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Mahathala genus.
  2. ^ Card for Mahathala ameria in LepIndex. Accessed 14 Jun 2007.
  3. ^ Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H48.1, pp 255

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.
  • Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera [1].
  • Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
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