Virachola perse
| Large Guava Blue | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Virachola |
| Species: | V. perse |
| Binomial name | |
| Virachola perse (Hewitson, 1863)[1] | |
The Large Guava Blue, Virachola perse is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm.[2] It was described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1863.The larva feeds on Randia dumetorum.
Subspecies
- V. p. perse India to Thailand
- V. p. ghela Fruhstorfer, 1912 Ceylon, South India [3]
- V. p. maseas Fruhstorfer, 1912
* V. p. perse Courvoisier Collection, Basel
References
- ↑ Hewitson, 1863 Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera. Lycaenidae Ill. diurn. Lep. Lycaenidae (1):
- ↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
- ↑ Fruhstorfer, 1912 Uebersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begründet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors Berl. ent. Zs. 56 (3/4) : 197-272, f. 1-4 .
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