Ancema ctesia
Appearance
Bi-spot royal | |
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Male, upperside left, underside right | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Ancema |
Species: | A. ctesia
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Binomial name | |
Ancema ctesia | |
Synonyms | |
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Ancema ctesia, the bi-spot royal, is a species of blue butterfly (Lycaenidae) found in Pakistan and India.
The larvae feed on Viscum articulatum.
Subspecies
[edit]The following subspecies are recognised:[1]
- Ancema ctesia ctesia (Sikkim, Assam, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, possibly Bhutan and Burma)
- Ancema ctesia agalla (Fruhstorfer, 1912) (Thailand, Laos, southern Yunnan, Sichuan)
- Ancema ctesia cakravasti (Fruhstorfer, 1909) (Taiwan)
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male Thailand
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male India Courvoisier collection
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Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera Plate 20
References
[edit]Media related to Ancema ctesia at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Ancema ctesia at Wikispecies