Biology:Arhopala dodonaea
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Short description: Species of butterfly
| 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 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Arhopala |
| Species: | A. dodonaea
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| Binomial name | |
| Arhopala dodonaea | |
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Arhopala dodonaea, the pale Himalayan oakblue, (sometimes listed as a synonym of Amblypodia rama)[3] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Description
Both male and female are blue with a broad border. The underside is grey. The female forewing termen is markedly crenulate.
Range
The butterfly occurs in India (Kumaon) and Pakistan .[4] Afghanistan, Northwest Himalaya - Sikkim, Chitral.
Status
William Harry Evans reported that the species was common in 1932.[4]
See also
Cited references
- ↑ "Arhopala dodonaea - Pale Himalayan Oakblue - Butterflies of India". http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/1035/Arhopala-dodonaea. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ↑ Tennent, W.J.; Rawlins, A. (2010). "Notes on Arhopala Boisduval, 1832 from Sulawesi and Maluku, including new subspecies of A. argentea Staudinger, 1888, A. chamaeleona Bethune-Baker, 1903, and A. azenia (Hewitson, [1863) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)."]. Nachrichten des Entomologische Vereins Apollo 31 (1): 9. https://www.zobodat.at/pdf/NEVA_31_0009-0016.pdf. Retrieved 8 June 2018.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Amblypodia rama". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=195033.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 266, ser no H49.50.
References
- 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. https://books.google.com/books?id=yEkgAQAAMAAJ.
Wikidata ☰ Q4790056 entry
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