Horaga albimacula

Violet onyx
Horaga albimacula ohkuboi male
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Horaga
Species:
H. albimacula
Binomial name
Horaga albimacula

Horaga albimacula, the violet onyx, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm.

Subspecies

  • H. a. albimacula Andamans -white band of the forewing beneath is only continued as a dull brightening on the hindwing.
  • H. a. viola Moore, 1882 Sikkim, Assam, India, Ceylon, Burma
  • H. a. anara Fruhstorfer, 1898 Java much smaller than the nominate and the white spot more roundish.
  • H. a. bellula Fruhstorfer, 1897 Sumbawa -beneath a small, feebly widening spot on the forewing and a deep dark red-brown ground-colour.
  • H. a. albistigmata Moulton, 1912 northern Borneo (Swarawak, Madihit Hills)
  • H. a. anytus (Staudinger, 1889) Palawan
  • H. a. triumphalis Murayama & Sibatani, 1943 Taiwan
  • H. a. ohkuboi Hayashi, 1984 Nias[1]

See also

Cited references

  1. ^ Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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