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    Mahathala ameria

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    Falcate oakblue
    Mahathala america, female, North India, from original description.
    Mahathala america hainani female Courvoisier Collection, Basel
    Scientific classification Edit this classification
    Domain: Eukaryota
    Kingdom: Animalia
    Phylum: Arthropoda
    Class: Insecta
    Order: Lepidoptera
    Family: Lycaenidae
    Genus: Mahathala
    Species:
    M. ameria
    Binomial name
    Mahathala ameria
    (Hewitson, 1862)[1]

    The Mahathala ameria, the falcate oakblue,[2][3] is a species of blue butterfly, of the family Lycaenidae found in South-East Asia.

    Range

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    The 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

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    • 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

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    Rare.[4]

    See also

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    • List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

    References

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    1. ^ 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.)
    2. ^ a b "Mahathala Moore, 1878" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
    3. ^ 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.
    4. ^ 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

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    • 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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