| Azure Mountain Blue | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Albulina |
| Species: | A. asiatica |
| Binomial name | |
| Albulina asiatica (Elwes, 1882) |
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The Azure Mountain Blue (Albulina asiatica)[1][2] is a small butterfly found in the Himalayas that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.
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The butterfly was earlier known as Polyommatus asiatica Moore[3][3]
The butterfly occurs in the Himalayas (Sikkim) and the Central Asian mountains.[2]