The Mahathala ameria, the falcate oakblue,[2][3] is a species of blue butterfly, of the family Lycaenidae found in South-East Asia.
| Falcate oakblue | |
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| Mahathala america, female, North India, from original description. | |
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| Mahathala america hainani female Courvoisier Collection, Basel | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Mahathala |
| Species: | M. ameria
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| Binomial name | |
| Mahathala ameria | |
Range
editThe butterfly occurs in India from Bengal to Assam, the Khasi Hills, and other parts of north-east India into southern Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Java. It is also found in western and southern China, Hainan and Taiwan.[2]
Subspecies
edit- M. a. ameria West China, Bengal, Assam, Burma
- M. a. zistra Fruhstorfer, 1908 - Thailand
- M. a. javana Fruhstorfer, 1908 - Java
- M. a. hainani Bethune-Baker, 1903 - Indo China, South China, Hainan, Taiwan
Status
editRare.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Hewitson, 1862 Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum Spec. Cat. Lep. Lyc. B. M. : [4],[1],2-15, pl. I-VIII,[1-8] (links to Ill. diurn. Lep. Lyc.)
- ^ a b "Mahathala Moore, 1878" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Mahathala ameria". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
- ^ Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 255, ser no H48.1.
Further reading
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.
- Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
- "Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera".
- Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.
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