Agriades asiatica, the azure mountain blue,[1] is a small butterfly found in the Himalayas that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
| Azure mountain blue | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Agriades |
| Species: | A. asiatica
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| Binomial name | |
| Agriades asiatica (Elwes, 1882)
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Taxonomy
editThe butterfly was earlier known as Polyommatus asiatica[2] or as Albulina asiatica.[3]
Range
editThe butterfly occurs in the Himalayas (Sikkim) and the Central Asian mountains.[1]
Cited references
edit- ^ a b Agriades at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- ^ Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 228, ser no H22.15.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agriades asiatica". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
References
edit- Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.