Biology:Amblypodia
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Short description: Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae
Amblypodia | |
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Adult male purple leaf blue (Amblypodia anita) | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Tribe: | Amblypodiini |
Genus: | Amblypodia Horsfield, 1829 |
Amblypodia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.[1] Several species formerly placed here are now in Arhopala and Flos, although this placement is not necessarily definite.
The remaining species of Amblypodia are:
- Amblypodia anita – purple leaf blue
- Amblypodia annetta
- Amblypodia narada
The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm (mainly) and the Australasian realm.
References
- ↑ Bethune-Baker, George Thomas (1902). A revision of the Amblypodia group of butterflies of the family Lycaenidae. London.
- Tiple, Khurad & Dennis, Ashish, Arun & Roger (2011). "Butterfly larval host plant use in a tropical urban context: life history associations, herbivory, and landscape factors.(Report)". Journal of Insect Science 11: 65. doi:10.1673/031.011.6501. PMID 21864159.
- Gupta, Gawas & Bhambure, Ankita, Sandesh & Ravindra (2015). "On the parasitoid complex of butterflies with descriptions of two new species of parasitic wasps (Hymenoptera: Eulophidae) from Goa, India". Systematic Parasitology 92 (3): 223–240. doi:10.1007/s11230-015-9596-6. PMID 26446545.
Wikidata ☰ Q4741576 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amblypodia.
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