Phengaris atroguttata
| Great spotted blue | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Phengaris |
| Species: | P. atroguttata |
| Binomial name | |
| Phengaris atroguttata (Oberthür 1876) | |
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The great spotted blue (Phengaris atroguttata)[1][2] is a small butterfly found in India, Myanmar,[3] and China that belongs to the Lycaenids or blues family.
Underside
Upperside
Taxonomy
The butterfly was earlier known as Polyommatus atroguttata (Oberthür).[3]
Range
It is found in Nagaland and the Chin Hills of Myanmar.[3][4] Rare.[4]
The habitat of Phengaris atroguttata and Phengaris xiushani in north-western Yunnan, alt. 2,800 meters
Subspecies
- Phengaris atroguttata atroguttata Northwest India, West China and Taiwan
- Phengaris atroguttata juenana (Forster, 1940) Yunnan
- Phengaris atroguttata lampra (Röber, 1926) North Myanmar
- Phengaris daitozana Wileman, 1911
Description
The butterfly ranges from 44 to 48 mm. The butterfly is white with pale blue suffusion, and, also a dark border on the forewing. The male butterfly has very large black discal spots showing through from below. These are darkened in above in the case of the female butterfly.[4]
Cited references
- ↑ Page on Marrku Savela's site for genus Phengaris (Lycaenidae).
- ↑ Card for species atroguttata in LepIndex. Accessed 14 October 2006.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H22.1, pg 225.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, pg 253 & 255.
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 [accessed 14 October 2006].
- 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.
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