Biology:Agriades asiatica

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Azure mountain blue
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Agriades
Species:
A. asiatica
Binomial name
Agriades asiatica
(Elwes, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Lycaena pheretes var. asiatica Elwes, 1882
  • Lycaena asiatica
  • Albulina asiatica

Agriades asiatica, the azure mountain blue,[1] is a small butterfly found in the Himalayas that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Taxonomy

The butterfly was earlier known as Polyommatus asiatica[2] or as Albulina asiatica.[3]

Range

The butterfly occurs in the Himalayas (Sikkim) and the Central Asian mountains.[1]

Cited references

  1. 1.0 1.1 Agriades at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 228, ser no H22.15. 
  3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Agriades asiatica". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=201513. 

References

Wikidata ☰ Q21238708 entry