Violet onyx | |
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Horaga albimacula ohkuboi male | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Horaga |
Species: | H. albimacula |
Binomial name | |
Horaga albimacula (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881) | |
Horaga albimacula, the violet onyx, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm.
Subspecies
- H. a. albimacula Andamans -white band of the forewing beneath is only continued as a dull brightening on the hindwing.
- H. a. viola Moore, 1882 Sikkim, Assam, India, Ceylon, Burma
- H. a. anara Fruhstorfer, 1898 Java much smaller than the nominate and the white spot more roundish.
- H. a. bellula Fruhstorfer, 1897 Sumbawa -beneath a small, feebly widening spot on the forewing and a deep dark red-brown ground-colour.
- H. a. albistigmata Moulton, 1912 northern Borneo (Swarawak, Madihit Hills)
- H. a. anytus (Staudinger, 1889) Palawan
- H. a. triumphalis Murayama & Sibatani, 1943 Taiwan
- H. a. ohkuboi Hayashi, 1984 Nias[1]
See also
Cited references
- ↑ Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
References
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- Bingham, C.T. (1907). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. II (1st ed.). London: Taylor and Francis, Ltd.
- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
- "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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