Ancema ctesia
Ancema ctesia, the bi-spot royal, is a species of blue butterfly (Lycaenidae) found in Pakistan and India.
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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
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- Ancema at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Ancema ctesia- is two tail under silver grey,bar at the end of cell in central band of black spots on under hind male shining blue black spot on inner edge another in upper forward central area female upper pale purple blue on black spot on upper
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