Surendra (butterfly)

Surendra
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

Range

Sri Lanka, India, China, Indo-China, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Borneo, Philippines, Sulawesi.

References

  1. Vane-Wright R.I. & de Jong R. The Butterflies of Sulawesi, NMNH, 2003.
  2. Pinratana A.Butterflies in Thailand, Volume 4, 1981.
  3. Eliot J. N. (Editor), in The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula, 4th Edition, 1992.
  4. Surendra at funet
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