Biology:Oreolyce quadriplaga

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Indomalayan realm

Short description: Species of butterfly

Naga hedge blue
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Oreolyce quadriplaga in a collection of Lycaenidae from Malaya
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Oreolyce
Species:
O. quadriplaga
Binomial name
Oreolyce quadriplaga
(Snellen, 1892)

Oreolyce quadriplaga, the Naga hedge blue,[1] is a small butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm[2] that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Subspecies

  • O. q. quadriplaga Java, Malaya. India
  • O. q. aphala (Fruhstorfer, 1910) East Java
  • O. q. nearcha (Fruhstorfer, 1917)


Taxonomy

The butterfly was earlier known as Lycaenopsis quadriplaga (Tytler).[2]

Range

It is found in Nagaland in India.[2], Java and Malaya.

See also

Cited references

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Oreolyce quadriplaga". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=205232.  Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. pp. 221–226, ser no H21.4. 

References

Wikidata ☰ Q13484767 entry