Horaga onyx

Common Onyx
Horaga onyx sardonyx Fruhstorfer, 1914. The Malaya subspecies.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Horaga
Species:	H. onyx
Binomial name
Horaga onyx (Moore, 1857).

The Common Onyx, Horaga onyx is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Asia.

Horaga onyx onyx Male left, female right

See also

• Lycaenidae
• List of butterflies of India
• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

Cited references

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 [accessed 5 December 2006].
• Bingham, C. T. (1907) Fauna of British India. Butterflies. Volume 2.
• Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
• Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera .
• Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.