Surendra (butterfly)
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| Surendra vivarna, male, Sulawesi, Alan Cassidy photo | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Surendra Moore, [1879] |
Surendra is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It belongs to the sub-family Theclinae often called Hairstreaks. It is often grouped into the Tribe Arhopalini along with its sister genera Arhopala, Flos and Semanga.[1] The genus is sometimes known by the common name "Acacia Blues" in reflection of the host plant of the larvae.
Species
- Surendra quercetorum[2]
- Surendra vivarna
- Surendra florimel[3]
- Surendra manilana (C. & R. Felder, 1862)[4]
Range
Sri Lanka, India, China, Indo-China, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Borneo, Philippines, Sulawesi.
References
- ↑ Vane-Wright R.I. & de Jong R. The Butterflies of Sulawesi, NMNH, 2003.
- ↑ Pinratana A.Butterflies in Thailand, Volume 4, 1981.
- ↑ Eliot J. N. (Editor), in The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula, 4th Edition, 1992.
- ↑ Surendra at funet
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