Dark blue royal
Underside right. On the left is an image of the upperside of the very similar longinus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Pratapa
Species:
P. icetas
Binomial name
Pratapa icetas
(Hewitson, 1865)

Pratapa icetas, the dark blue royal, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Pakistan and India.[1]

References

  1. Moore, Frederic (1912). Lepidoptera Indica. L. Reeve & Company. pp. 144–145.


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