Mahathala ameria
| Falcate Oakblue | |
|---|---|
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Mahathala |
| Species: | M. ameria |
| Binomial name | |
| Mahathala ameria (Hewitson, 1862) | |
The Mahathala ameria[1][2] is a species of blue butterfly, Falcate Oakblue, of the family Lycaenidae found in South East Asia.
Range
The butterfly occurs in India from Bengal to Assam, the Khasi hills, and other parts of northeast India into southern Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Java. It is also found in western and southern China, Hainan and Taiwan.[1]
Status
Rare.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Mahathala genus.
- ↑ Card for Mahathala ameria in LepIndex. Accessed 14 Jun 2007.
- ↑ Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H48.1, pp 255
See also
Further reading
- Beccaloni, G. W.; Scoble, M. J.; Robinson, G. S. et al., eds. (2003). "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication.".
- 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.