Albulina asiatica

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Azure Mountain Blue
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Albulina
Species: A. asiatica
Binomial name
Albulina asiatica
(Elwes, 1882)

The Azure Mountain Blue (Albulina asiatica)[1][2] is a small butterfly found in the Himalayas that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.

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[edit] Taxonomy

The butterfly was earlier known as Polyommatus asiatica Moore[3][3]

[edit] Range

The butterfly occurs in the Himalayas (Sikkim) and the Central Asian mountains.[2]

[edit] Cited references

  1. ^ Card for asiatica in LepIndex. Accessed 14 October 2006.
  2. ^ a b 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.
  3. ^ a b Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H22.15, pp 228

[edit] See also

[edit] 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
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