Loxura atymnus
| Yamfly | |
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| Pair of Yamfly, Left- Female, Right- Male | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Loxura |
| Species: | L. atymnus |
| Binomial name | |
| Loxura atymnus (Cramer, 1782). | |
At Narenderpur near Kolkata, India
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At Narenderpur near Kolkata, India
The Yamfly , Loxura atymnus is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Asia.[1]
Yamfly was sighted in the Eastern Ghats in Andhra Pradesh by members of Butterfly Conservation Society, a Hyderabad-based organisation. A solitary butterfly was found in the Rajahmundry-Rampachodavaram road in East Godavari district of the state.
Gallery
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Yamfly UP at Sipahijala WLS, Tripura, India
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Yamfly UN at Jairampur, Arunachal Pradesh, India
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Yamfly UP at Jairampur, Arunachal Pradesh, India
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Museum specimen from Malaya
References
External links
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