Arhopala ganesa

Tailless bushblue
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Lycaenidae
Genus:Arhopala
Species: A. ganesa
Binomial name
Arhopala ganesa
(Moore, 1857)[1]
Synonyms

Amblypodia ganesa Moore, 1857
Panchala ganesa (Moore, 1857)

Arhopala ganesa, the tailless bushblue,[2] is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found at the junction of the Palearctic realm and the Indomalayan realm.

Subspecies

  • A. g. ganesa Northwest India, Sikkim
  • A. g. watsoni Evans, 1912 Assam, Central Burma
  • A. g. seminigra (Leech, 1890) West China, Hainan
  • A. g. loomisi (Pryer, 1886) Japan

References

  1. ↑ Moore, [1858] A Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy 1: : 1-278, pl. 1-12,1a,2a,3a,4a,5a,6a
  2. ↑ "Arhopala Boisduval, 1832" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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