Horaga albimacula, the violet onyx, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm.
| Violet onyx | |
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| Horaga albimacula ohkuboi male | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Horaga |
| Species: | H. albimacula
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| Binomial name | |
| Horaga albimacula (Wood-Mason & de Nicéville, 1881)
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Subspecies edit
- 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 edit
Cited references edit
- ^ Seitz , A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln
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References edit
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- 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.
- Bingham, C.T. (1907). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Vol. II (1st ed.). London: Taylor and Francis, Ltd.
- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
- "Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera".
- Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.
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