| Great Spotted Blue | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Phengaris |
| Species: | P. atroguttata |
| Binomial name | |
| Phengaris atroguttata (Oberthür 1876) |
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The Great Spotted Blue (Phengaris atroguttata)[1][2] is a small butterfly found in India, Myanmar[3], and China that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.
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The butterfly was earlier known as Polyommatus atroguttata (Oberthür)[3].
It is found in Nagaland and the Chin Hills of Myanmar[3][4]. Rare[4].
The butterfly ranges from 44 to 48 mm. The butterfly is white with pale blue suffusion, and, also a dark border on the forewing. The male butterfly has very large black discal spots showing through from below. These are darkened in above in the case of the female butterfly.[4]