Arhopala rama
| Dark Himalayan Oakblue | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Arhopala |
| Species: | A. rama |
| Binomial name | |
| Arhopala rama Kollar, 1844 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Amblypodia rama (Kollar, 1848) | |
The Dark Himalayan Oakblue (Arhopala rama, sometimes placed in Amblypodia[1] is a small butterfly found in India Indochina, China and Japan that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.
Range in India
The butterfly occurs in the Indian Himalayas from Kashmir to Sikkim and from Manipur to Dawnas.[2]
Status
Common in the Himalayas. Not Rare elsewhere.[2]
Cited references
- ↑ Card for rama in LepIndex. Accessed 16 Jun 2007.
- 1 2 Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H49.51, pp 266.
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.
- Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
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