Dacalana vidura

The Double Tufted Royal Dacalana vidura[1][2] is a species of blue butterfly found in South East Asia. It was described by Thomas Horsfield in 1857.

Double Tufted Royal
Dacalana vidura azyada
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D. vidura
Binomial name
Dacalana vidura
(Horsfield, 1857)

Range

The butterfly occurs in India from Assam eastwards and across to Dawnas and southern Myanmar.[3] The range extends to Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Java.[1]

Taxonomy

The butterfly was previously classified as Pratapa vidura.[3]

Status

Not Rare.[3]

Cited references

  1. Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Dacalana.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dacalana vidura". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
  3. Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 279, ser no H59.1.

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