Ancema ctesia

Ancema ctesia, the bi-spot royal, is a species of blue butterfly (Lycaenidae) found in Pakistan and India.

Bi-spot royal
Male, upperside left, underside right
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A. ctesia
Binomial name
Ancema ctesia
(Hewitson, 1865)[1]
Synonyms
  • Camena ctesia Hewitson, 1865
  • Dacalana ctesia
  • Camema ctesia agalla Fruhstorfer, 1912
  • Camena ctesia cakravasti Fruhstorfer, 1909
  • Camena ctesia cakravasti Fruhstorfer, 1909

The larvae feed on Viscum articulatum.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:[1]

  • Ancema ctesia ctesia (Sikkim, Assam, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, possibly Bhutan and Burma)
  • Ancema ctesia agalla (Fruhstorfer, 1912) (Thailand, Laos, southern Yunnan, Sichuan)
  • Ancema ctesia cakravasti (Fruhstorfer, 1909) (Taiwan)

References

  1. Ancema at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


Ancema ctesia- is two tail under silver grey,bar at the end of cell in central band of black spots on under hind male shining blue black spot on inner edge another in upper forward central area female upper pale purple blue on black spot on upper

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