Loxura atymnus

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Yamfly
Yamfly in Jairampur, Arunachal Pradesh, India
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Loxura
Species: L. atymnus
Binomial name
Loxura atymnus
(Cramer, 1782).
At Narenderpur near Kolkata, India
At Narenderpur near Kolkata, India
At Narenderpur near Kolkata, India
At Narenderpur near Kolkata, India

The Yamfly , Loxura atymnus is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Asia.


Yamfly was sighted in the Eastern Ghats in Andhra Pradesh by members of Butterfly Conservation Society, a Hyderabad based organisation. A solitary butterfly was found in the Rajahmundry-Rampachodavaram road in East Godavari district of the state.

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