Agriades asiatica

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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A. asiatica
Binomial name
Agriades asiatica
(Elwes, 1882)
Synonyms
  • Lycaena pheretes var. asiatica Elwes, 1882
  • Lycaena asiatica
  • Albulina asiatica

Taxonomy

The butterfly was earlier known as Polyommatus asiatica[2] or as Albulina asiatica.[3]

Range

The butterfly occurs in the Himalayas (Sikkim) and the Central Asian mountains.[1]

Cited references

  1. Agriades at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
  2. Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 228, ser no H22.15.
  3. 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.

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