Polyommatus loewii

The Large Jewel Blue Polyommatus loewii ^{[1] [2]} is a species of blue butterfly found in South East Asia.

Range

The butterfly occurs in Sri Lanka and in India from South India to Orissa, and, in the north from Murree to Kumaon ^[3] The range extends to Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Java.^[1]

Asia Minor, Kurdistan, Caucasus, Middle East, Iran - Chitral, Turkestan. Armenia (highland), Caucasus Major, Talysh Mts. Ghissar Afghanistan, Arbarp, 10 miles W of Kabul

Status

Not Rare.^[3]

Cited references

1. ^ ^{a b} Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Polyommatus genus.
2. ^ Card for Polyommatus loewii in LepIndex. Accessed 14 Jun 2007.
3. ^ ^{a b} Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H85.16, pp 299.

See also

• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

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.