Biology:Logania malayica

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Logania malayica
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plate accompanying the original description Logania malayica is figure 21
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Logania
Species:
L. malayica
Binomial name
Logania malayica
Distant, 1884[1]

Logania malayica, the Malayan mottle, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by William Lucas Distant in 1884. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[2]

Subspecies

  • L. m. malayica Thailand, Malay Peninsula, Borneo, Sumatra
  • L. m. subura Fruhstorfer, 1914 Philippines

Biology

The larva is associated with the aphid genus Pseudoregma.

References

  1. Distant, W.L.1882-1886. Rhopalocera Malayana. 16 + 481 pp., 41 pls. London.
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.

External links

  • Logania at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Wikidata ☰ Q13487220 entry