Ticherra

Ticherra acte, the blue imperial, is a small butterfly found in India and South-East Asia that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. Its genus Ticherra is monotypic.

"Blue imperial" redirects here. For the wine grape, see Cinsaut.

Blue imperial
Ticherra acte Courvoisier Collection, Basel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Ticherra

Species:
T. acte
Binomial name
Ticherra acte
(Moore, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Myrina acte Moore, [1858]
  • Myrina symira Hewitson, 1876
  • Ticherra acte acte f. idina Fruhstorfer, 1912
  • Biduanda staudingeri Druce, 1895

Subspecies
  • Ticherra acte acte (Sikkim, Assam, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia)
  • Ticherra acte liviana Fruhstorfer, 1912 (southern Burma, Peninsular Malaya, Thailand, Sumatra)
  • Ticherra acte staudingeri (Druce, 1895) (Borneo)
  • Ticherra acte retracta Cowan, 1967 (Hainan)
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See also

References
  • Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
  • Gaonkar, Harish (1996). Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a Threatened Mountain System. Bangalore, India: Centre for Ecological Sciences.
  • Gay, Thomas; Kehimkar, Isaac David; Punetha, Jagdish Chandra (1992). Common Butterflies of India. Nature Guides. Bombay, India: World Wide Fund for Nature-India by Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195631647.
  • Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
  • Kunte, Krushnamegh (2000). Butterflies of Peninsular India. India, A Lifescape. Hyderabad, India: Universities Press. ISBN 978-8173713545.
  • Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.
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