Mahathala ameria

Falcate oakblue
Mahathala america, female, North India, from original description.
Mahathala america hainani female Courvoisier Collection, Basel
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Mahathala
Species: 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. 1 2 "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.

Further reading

  • 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.
  • "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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