Surendra quercetorum
Species of butterfly
| Common acacia blue | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Surendra |
| Species: | S. quercetorum |
| Binomial name | |
| Surendra quercetorum (Moore, 1857)[1] | |
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Surendra quercetorum, the common acacia blue, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm(in Simla Hills - Assam, Burma, South Bihaar, China, Vietnam).[2][1]
The larvae feed on Acacia pennata and Acacia caesia.
Subspecies
- Surendra quercetorum quercetorum Moore, 1857 (S.Yunnan, Uttarakhand to N.E. India)[3][2][1]
- Surendra quercetorum neritos Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Vietnam)[1]
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Male, upperside from northern Thailand -
Male, underside from northern Thailand -
Male and female Courvoisier Collection, Basel
References
- ^ a b c d Surendra at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ^ a b R.K., Varshney; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. p. 109. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
- ^ "Surendra quercetorum Moore, 1857 – Common Acacia Blue". Retrieved 26 August 2017.
External links
Media related to Surendra quercetorum at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Surendra quercetorum at Wikispecies
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