Ticherra is a monotypic genus in the lycaenid or blues family. Its sole species is Ticherra acte, the blue imperial, a small butterfly found in India and South-East Asia.

Blue imperial
From the Courvoisier Collection, Basel
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Ticherra
Species:
T. acte
Binomial name
Ticherra acte
(Moore, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Myrina acte Moore, [1858]
  • Myrina symira Hewitson, 1876
  • Ticherra acte acte f. idina Fruhstorfer, 1912
  • Biduanda staudingeri Druce, 1895

Subspecies

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  • Ticherra acte acte (Sikkim, Assam, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia)
  • Ticherra acte liviana Fruhstorfer, 1912 (southern Burma, Peninsular Malaya, Thailand, Sumatra)
  • Ticherra acte staudingeri (Druce, 1895) (Borneo)
  • Ticherra acte retracta Cowan, 1967 (Hainan)

See also

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References

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  • Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
  • Gaonkar, Harish (1996). Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a Threatened Mountain System. Bangalore, India: Centre for Ecological Sciences.
  • Gay, Thomas; Kehimkar, Isaac David; Punetha, Jagdish Chandra (1992). Common Butterflies of India. Nature Guides. Bombay, India: World Wide Fund for Nature-India by Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195631647.
  • Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
  • Kunte, Krushnamegh (2000). Butterflies of Peninsular India. India, A Lifescape. Hyderabad, India: Universities Press. ISBN 978-8173713545.
  • Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.