Amblypodia suffusa

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Tytler's Rosy Oakblue
Amblypodia suffusa Upperside on left, underside right
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Superfamily: Papilionoidea Family: Lycaenidae Genus: Amblypodia Species: A. suffusa
Binomial name
Amblypodia suffusa Tytler, 1915

The Tytler's Rosy Oakblue (Amblypodia suffusa)^[1] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.

Contents 1 Range 2 Status 3 Cited references 4 See also 5 References

[edit] Range

The butterfly occurs in India from Manipur across onto southern Shan states, Dawnas and Ataran. ^[2]

[edit] Status

Rare.^[2]

[edit] Cited references

1. ^ Card for suffusa in LepIndex. Accessed 16 Jun 2007.
2. ^ ^{a b} Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H49.8, pp 258.

[edit] See also

• Lycaenidae
• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

[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.
• 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.