Ancema ctesia
Ancema ctesia, the bi-spot royal, is a species of blue butterfly (Lycaenidae) found in Pakistan and India.
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Male, upperside left, underside right | |
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Species: | A. ctesia |
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The larvae feed on Viscum articulatum.
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:[1]
- Ancema ctesia ctesia (Sikkim, Assam, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, possibly Bhutan and Burma)
- Ancema ctesia agalla (Fruhstorfer, 1912) (Thailand, Laos, southern Yunnan, Sichuan)
- Ancema ctesia cakravasti (Fruhstorfer, 1909) (Taiwan)
- male Thailand
- male India Courvoisier collection
- Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera Plate 20
References
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- Ancema at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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