Arhopala dodonaea
| Pale Himalayan oakblue | |
|---|---|
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| Male,Courvoisier Collection, Basel | |
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| Male on left, the female is always larger | |
| 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) | |
Arhopala dodonaea, the pale Himalayan oakblue, (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] Afghanistan, Northwest Himalaya - Sikkim, Chitral.
Status
William Harry Evans reported that the species was common in 1932.[2]
See also
Cited references
- ↑ Card for dodonaea in LepIndex. Accessed 16 June 2007.
- 1 2 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 266, ser no H49.50.
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.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
- Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
- Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.
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