Biology:Ancema ctesia
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| Bi-spot royal | |
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| Male, upperside left, underside right | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Ancema |
| Species: | A. ctesia
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| Binomial name | |
| Ancema ctesia (Hewitson, 1865)[1]
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Ancema ctesia, the bi-spot royal, is a species of blue butterfly (Lycaenidae) found in Pakistan and India .
The larvae feed on Viscum articulatum.
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:[1]
- Ancema ctesia ctesia (Sikkim, Assam, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, possibly Bhutan and Burma)
- Ancema ctesia agalla (Fruhstorfer, 1912) (Thailand, Laos, southern Yunnan, Sichuan)
- Ancema ctesia cakravasti (Fruhstorfer, 1909) (Taiwan)
male Thailand
male India Courvoisier collection
Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera Plate 20
References
Wikidata ☰ Q2845731 entry
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