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Scientific Name : Amblypodia anita
Family : Lycaenidae
Order : Lepidoptera
Class : Insecta
Phylum : Arthropoda
Habitat : All types of wildlife habitat
Description : The male has a dark violet-purple upperside with minimal gloss, which makes the marginal black borders less visible. The forewing has a moderately broad blackish band on the costa and outer margin, widest on the latter. The hindwing has a broad costal band and a narrow outer marginal band, sometimes just a line. The anal lobe is dull red, and the cilia are black. Underside is rufous-brown with a black line from the costa to the hind margin on the forewing, followed by disconnected lunular black marks and faint indications of a sub-marginal series. The hindwing shows a medial outwardly curved black line and an indistinct discal series of black dots with white points, continuing from the forewing lines, and a sub-marginal series of similar black dots. The female's upperside is very dull violet, possibly violet-brown, with broad blackish-brown borders on the forewing. The hindwing is generally a uniform dull violet-brown without borders, and the anal lobe is similar to the male. Underside varies in shade from ochreous-grey to violet-brown, with markings similar to the male, and some darker examples have a band of suffused whitish marks connected to the discal line. The antennae are black with an orange tip, and the head and body match the wing coloration.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Allotinus unicolor
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Cigaritis ictis
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(Peacock Royal)
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: Swinhoe, Charles (1910–1911). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. VIII. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. pp. 137–138;photo credit & copyright: Shihab Khaledin Aungkur,Jahangirnagar University,Dhaka.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: Swinhoe, Charles (1910–1911). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. VIII. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. pp. 137–138;photo credit & copyright: Shihab Khaledin Aungkur,Jahangirnagar University,Dhaka.more information please contact with us.