Arhopala dodonaea
| Pale Himalayan Oakblue | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Male on left, the always larger female on the right | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Arhopala |
| Species: | A. dodonaea |
| Binomial name | |
| Arhopala dodonaea Moore, 1857 | |
| Synonyms | |
|
Amblypodia dodonaea (Moore, 1857) | |
The Pale Himalayan Oakblue (Arhopala dodonaea, sometimes placed in Amblypodia[1]) is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.
Range
The butterfly occurs in India (Kumaon), and Pakistan.[2]
Status
Common.[2]
Cited references
- ↑ Card for dodonaea in LepIndex. Accessed 16 Jun 2007.
- 1 2 Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H49.50, pp 266.
See also
References
- Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Pale Himalayan Oakblues 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.
- Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
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