Dacalana vidura

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Double Tufted Royal
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Lycaenidae Genus: Dacalana Species: D. vidura
Binomial name
Dacalana vidura (Horsfield, 1857)

The Double Tufted Royal Dacalana vidura^[1][2] is a species of blue butterfly found in South East Asia.

Contents 1 Range 2 Taxonomy 3 Status 4 Cited references 5 See also 6 References

[edit] Range

The butterfly occurs in India from Assam eastwards and across to Dawnas and southern Myanmar. ^[3] The range extends to Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Java.^[1]

[edit] Taxonomy

The butterfly was previously classified as Pratapa vidura ^[3].

[edit] Status

Not Rare.^[3]

[edit] Cited references

1. ^ ^{a b} Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Dacalana genus.
2. ^ Card for Dacalana vidura in LepIndex. Accessed 14 Jun 2007.
3. ^ ^{a b c} Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H59.1, pp 279.

[edit] See also

• 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.
• Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera [1].
• Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.