Common Hedge Blue Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Acytolepis puspa
Family : Lycaenidae
Order : Lepidoptera
Class : Insecta
Phylum : Arthropoda
Habitat : Plain lands,Hill Tracts
Description : The male wet-season brood has violaceous blue upperside with black borders on the costa, apex, and termen. The hindwing has black borders consisting of coalescent spots. Underside is slightly bluish white with distinct black markings. The female is white on the upperside with black borders on the forewing and hindwing. The underside markings are similar to the male. In the dry-season brood, males have a small patch of white on the forewing and hindwing, while females may have reduced or no blue iridescence. Underside markings are paler and less prominent than in the wet-season brood.
Distribution in Bangladesh
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Tajuria cippus
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(Quaker)
References:
description written by:Razia Sultana Setu,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a work now in the public domain: Bingham, C. T. (1907). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Butterflies Volume II. London: Taylor and Francis, Ltd. pp. 323–324;photo credit & copyright: Syed Abbas,Birdwing,Bangladesh.more information please contact with us.
description written by:Razia Sultana Setu,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a work now in the public domain: Bingham, C. T. (1907). The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma: Butterflies Volume II. London: Taylor and Francis, Ltd. pp. 323–324;photo credit & copyright: Syed Abbas,Birdwing,Bangladesh.more information please contact with us.