Horaga albimacula

Violet onyx
Horaga albimacula ohkuboi male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Horaga
Species:	H. albimacula
Binomial name
Horaga albimacula (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881)

Horaga albimacula, the violet onyx, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm.

Subspecies

• H. a. albimacula Andamans
• H. a. viola Moore, 1882 Sikkim, Assam, India, Ceylon, Burma
• H. a. anara Fruhstorfer, 1898 Java
• H. a. bellula Fruhstorfer, 1897 Sumbawa
• H. a. albistigmata Moulton, 1912 northern Borneo (Swarawak, Madihit Hills)
• H. a. anytus (Staudinger, 1889) Palawan
• H. a. triumphalis Murayama & Sibatani, 1943 Taiwan
• H. a. ohkuboi Hayashi, 1984 Nias

See also

• List of butterflies of India
• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

References

• 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.
• Bingham, C.T. (1907). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. II (1st ed.). London: Taylor and Francis, Ltd.
• Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
• "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.