Pratapa icetoides, the blue royal,[1] is a species of blue butterfly (Lycaenidae) found in the Indomalayan realm.
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| P. i. yasa From the Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Switzerland | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Pratapa |
| Species: | P. icetoides
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| Binomial name | |
| Pratapa icetoides (Elwes, 1892)
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Range edit
The butterfly occurs in India from Assam, the Khasi Hills, eastwards and across to north and south Myanmar, Thailand, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Java, Borneo, Sumatra, Sulawesi and Nias.[2][3]
Subspecies edit
- P. i. icetoides North India, Burma, North Thailand, Assam, Burma
- P. i. cretheus (de Nicéville, 1895) Sumatra, W.Java
- P. i. carmentalis (de Nicéville, [1893]) Khasia Hills
- P. i. yasa (Fruhstorfer, 1912) Nias
- P. i. ecphanathus (Fruhstorfer, 1912) East Java
- P. i. calculis Druce, 1895 South Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Borneo
- P. i. marikit Schröder & Treadaway, 1986 Philippines, Palawan
Taxonomy edit
The butterfly was previously classified as Camena icetoides and Ancema icetoides.[4]
Status edit
William Harry Evans in 1932[3] and Mark Alexander Wynter-Blyth in 1957 both describe the species as not being rare.[5]
Description edit
The butterfly has a wingspan of 30 to 32 mm.
The male white-banded royal above is a shining bright blue up to base of 4 in the forewing. On the hindwing is a mid-costal white patch. The male has a large but inconspicuous brand on the upperside of the hindwing. The female is a pale dull powdery blue with a broad black border on both wings. The underside is pale brown with no bars end cell. The forewing has an outwardly white-edged discal line curved inwards.[6]
See also edit
Cited references edit
- ^ Yutaka Inayoshi, A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China, page on Pratapa icetoides.
- ^ Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Pratapa
- ^ a b Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 281, ser no H59.8.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Ancema icetoides". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
- ^ Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 340. ISBN 978-8170192329.
- ^ Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation. p. 106.
References edit
- 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.
- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
- Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
- "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.
- Yutaka Inayoshi, A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China, page on Family Lycaenidae (accessed 7 August 2007).
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