Ticherra acte
- "Blue Imperial" redirects here. For the wine grape, see Cinsaut.
| Blue Imperial | |
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| Ticheera acte Upperside right, underside left. From Seitz | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Ticherra de Nicéville, 1887 |
| Species: | T. acte |
| Binomial name | |
| Ticherra acte (Moore, 1857) | |
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The Blue Imperial (Ticherra acte) is a small butterfly found in India and Southeast Asia that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family. Its genus Ticherra is monotypic.
Subspecies
- Ticherra acte acte (Sikkim, Assam, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia)
- Ticherra acte liviana Fruhstorfer, 1912 (southern Burma, Peninsular Malaya, Thailand, Sumatra)
- Ticherra acte staudingeri (Druce, 1895) (Borneo)
- Ticherra acte retracta Cowan, 1967 (Hainan)
References
- Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
- Gaonkar, Harish (1996) Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a threatened mountain system. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.
- Gay,Thomas; Kehimkar,Isaac & Punetha,J.C.(1992) Common Butterflies of India. WWF-India and Oxford University Press, Mumbai, India.
- Haribal, Meena (1994) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History.
- Kunte,Krushnamegh (2005) Butterflies of Peninsular India. Universities Press.
- Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.