Violet onyx
Horaga albimacula ohkuboi male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Horaga
Species:
H. albimacula
Binomial name
Horaga albimacula

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

Subspecies

  • H. a. albimacula Andamans -white band of the forewing beneath is only continued as a dull brightening on the hindwing.
  • H. a. viola Moore, 1882 Sikkim, Assam, India, Ceylon, Burma
  • H. a. anara Fruhstorfer, 1898 Java much smaller than the nominate and the white spot more roundish.
  • H. a. bellula Fruhstorfer, 1897 Sumbawa -beneath a small, feebly widening spot on the forewing and a deep dark red-brown ground-colour.
  • 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[1]

See also

Cited references

  1. Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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.


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