Amblypodia dodonaea

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Pale Himalayan Oakblue
Amblypodia dodonaea Male on left, the always larger female on the right
Amblypodia dodonaea Male on left, the always larger female on the right
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Amblypodia
Species: A. dodonaea
Binomial name
Amblypodia dodonaea
(Hewitson, 1865)

The Pale Himalayan Oakblue (Amblypodia dodonaea) [1] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.

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[edit] Range

The butterfly occurs in India from Chitral to Kumaon.[2]

[edit] Status

Common.[2]

[edit] Cited references

  1. ^ Card for dodonaea in LepIndex. Accessed 16 Jun 2007.
  2. ^ a b Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H49.50, pp 266.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  • Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Pale Himalayan Oakblues 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.