Flos areste
Appearance
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Tailless Plushblue | |
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Amblypodia areste (Hewitson, 1862)
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The Tailless Plushblue (Amblypodia areste) [1] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.
Range
The butterfly occurs in India from Sikkim to Assam and Northern and Southern Shan states. [2]
Status
Rare.[2]
Cited references
- ^ Card for areste in LepIndex. Accessed 16 Jun 2007.
- ^ a b Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 272, ser no H49.79.
See also
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.
- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
- Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
- Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.