Amblypodia yendava

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Singapore Oakblue
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Amblypodia
Species: A. yendava
Binomial name
Amblypodia yendava
Grose-Smith, 1887

The Singapore Oakblue (Amblypodia yendava[1][2] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.

Contents

[edit] Range

The butterfly occurs in India from Sikkim onto Myanmar. [3][1]

[edit] Status

Rare.[3]

[edit] Cited references

  1. ^ a b Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Amblypodia genus.
  2. ^ Card for yendava in LepIndex. Accessed 16 Jun 2007.
  3. ^ a b Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H49.22, pp 261.

[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.
  • 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.