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Falcate oakblue
Mahathala america, female, North India, from original description.
Mahathala america hainani female Courvoisier Collection, Basel
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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

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

  • 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

Rare.[4]

See also

References

  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.

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