Dacalana vidura
| Double Tufted Royal | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Dacalana vidura azyada | |
| 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.
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]
Taxonomy
The butterfly was previously classified as Pratapa vidura.[3]
Status
Not Rare.[3]
Cited references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Dacalana genus.
- ↑ Card for Dacalana vidura in LepIndex. Accessed 14 Jun 2007.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H59.1, pp 279.
See also
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 .
- Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.