Pratapa icetoides

Taxobox | name = Blue Royal
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regnum = Animalia
phylum = Arthropoda
classis = Insecta
ordo = Lepidoptera
familia = Lycaenidae
genus = "Pratapa"
species = "P. icetoides"
binomial = "Pratapa icetoides"
binomial_authority = (Elwes, 1892).
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The Blue Royal "Pratapa icetoides"Yutaka Inayoshi, "A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China", page on [http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyc4/83260001.html Pratapa icetoides] .] is a species of blue butterfly found in South East Asia.

Range

The butterfly occurs in India from Assam, the Khasi Hills, eastwards and across to north and south Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Java, Borneo, Sumatra, Sulawesi and Nias.Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera [http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/theclinae/pratapa/index.html|Page on "Pratapa" genus.] ] Evans, W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H59.8, pp 281.]

Taxonomy

The butterfly was previously classified as "Camena icetoides" and "Ancema icetoides" [http://internt.nhm.ac.uk/jdsml/research-curation/projects/lepindex/detail.dsml?TaxonNo=195080.0&UserID=&UserName=&&listPageURL=list%2edsml%3fsort%3dSCIENTIFIC%255fNAME%255fon%255fcard%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcardqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcard%3dicetoides%26recLimit%3d30&searchPageURL=index%2edsml%3fSCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcardqtype%3dstarts%2bwith%26sort%3dSCIENTIFIC%255fNAME%255fon%255fcard%26SCIENTIFIC%5fNAME%5fon%5fcard%3dicetoides%26recLimit%3d30 Card for "icetoides" in LepIndex. Accessed 08 August 2007.] ]

tatus

Not Rare Evans and Wynter-Blyth.Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, pg 340.]

Description

:"For a key to the terms used see Lepidopteran glossary"

The butterfly has a wingspan of 30 to 32 mm.UP: "Male" - The White-banded Royal above is a shining bright blue up to base of 4 in the forewing. On the hindwing is a mid-costal white patch. The male has a large but inconspicuous brand on the UPH. "Female" - Pale dull powdery blue with a broad black border on both wings.UN: The butterfly is pale-brown with no bars end cell. The FW has an outwardly white-edged discal line curved inwards. Haribal, Meena (1994) Butterflies of Sikkim, pg 106.] .

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.
* 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.
* Yutaka Inayoshi, "A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China", page on [http://yutaka.it-n.jp/lyci.html Family Lycaenidae] (accessed on 07 August 2007).] .