Agriades asiatica
Agriades asiatica, the azure mountain blue,[1] is a small butterfly found in the Himalayas that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
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| Species: | A. asiatica |
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Range
The butterfly occurs in the Himalayas (Sikkim) and the Central Asian mountains.[1]
Cited references
- Agriades at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 228, ser no H22.15.
- Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agriades asiatica". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
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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.
- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
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