Mahathala ameria
| Falcate oakblue | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Mahathala |
| Species: | M. ameria |
| Binomial name | |
| Mahathala ameria (Hewitson, 1862) | |
The Mahathala ameria, the falcate oakblue,[1][2] is a species of blue butterfly, of the family Lycaenidae found in South-East Asia.
Range
The butterfly occurs in India from Bengal to Assam, the Khasi Hills, and other parts of north-east India into southern Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Java. It is also found in western and southern China, Hainan and Taiwan.[1]
Status
Rare.[3]
See also
References
- 1 2 "Mahathala Moore, 1878" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Card for Mahathala ameria in LepIndex. Accessed 14 June 2007.
- ↑ Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 255, ser no H48.1.
Further reading
- Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
- 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.
- "Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera".
- Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.
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