Arhopala alax
| Silky Oakblue | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Arhopala |
| Species: | A. alax |
| Binomial name | |
| Arhopala alax (Evans, 1932) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Amblypodia alax Evans, 1932 | |
The Silky Oakblue (Arhopala alax, sometimes placed in Amblypodia[1][2] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.
Range
The butterfly has been found in India from Manipur onto Dawnas. [1][3]
Status
Common.[3]
Cited references
- 1 2 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Amblypodia genus.
- ↑ for alax in LepIndex. Accessed 16 Jun 2007.
- 1 2 Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H49.35, pp 263.
See also
References
- Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex.
- Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
- Haribal, Meena (1994) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History.
- Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera .
- Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
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