Panchala_ganesa

<i>Arhopala ganesa</i>

Arhopala ganesa

Species of butterfly

Arhopala ganesa, the tailless bushblue,[2] is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found at the junction of the Palearctic realm and the Indomalayan realm.

Quick Facts Tailless bushblue, Scientific classification ...

Description

The male like all above blue with a narrow black margin, is distinguished by a white patch beyond the apex of the cell. The light dust-grey underside bears bands which are filled in with dark sealing on the forewing and are only indicated by their border-lines on the hindwing. — loomisi Pryer (= seminigra Leech) has the blue reduced above, there is no white on the upperside, and the underside is evenly banded with brown.[3]

Subspecies

  • A. g. ganesa Northwest India, Sikkim
  • A. g. watsoni Evans, 1912 Assam, Central Burma
  • A. g. seminigra (Leech, 1890) West China, Hainan
  • A. g. loomisi (Pryer, 1886) Japan

References

  1. [1]
    Moore, [1858] A Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Hon. East-India Company in Horsfield & Moore, Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy 1: : 1-278, pl. 1-12,1a,2a,3a,4a,5a,6a
  2. [2]
    "Arhopala Boisduval, 1832" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  3. [3]
    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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