Common Ciliate Blue Did you see this animal?
Scientific Name : Anthene emolus
Family : Lycaenidae
Order : Lepidoptera
Class : Insecta
Phylum : Arthropoda
Habitat : Bueshes,Small trees
Description : Male upperside: Dull purple with blue suffusion at the wing bases. Both forewings and hindwings have distinct jet-black anteciliary lines, expanding slightly at the forewing apex. Hindwing has irregular transverse sub-terminal black spots in interspaces 1 to 3 and a posterior basal area covered in purplish-brown hairs. Underside: Purplish brown with smooth satiny lustre. Forewing has short discocellular band, sinuate margins in a broader discal band, and a narrower subterminal lunular band. Hindwing has transverse lines of slender white lunules, black spots at base and subterminal area. Both wings have jet-black anteciliary lines. Antennae black with speckles of white; head, thorax, and abdomen purplish brown.
Female upperside: Brown with violet-blue gloss at the wing bases, which may extend partially on the forewing. Both wings have slender anteciliary black lines, and hindwing has small black spots in the interspaces bordered by white threads. Underside: Slightly paler with similar markings. Antennae blackish-brown with white speckles; head, thorax, and abdomen brown, while the undersides of the palpi, thorax, and abdomen are paler brown.
Female upperside: Brown with violet-blue gloss at the wing bases, which may extend partially on the forewing. Both wings have slender anteciliary black lines, and hindwing has small black spots in the interspaces bordered by white threads. Underside: Slightly paler with similar markings. Antennae blackish-brown with white speckles; head, thorax, and abdomen brown, while the undersides of the palpi, thorax, and abdomen are paler brown.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Iraota timoleon
(Silverstreak Blue) -
Castalius rosimon
(Common Pierrot) -
Loxura atymnus
(Yamfly) -
Dacalana penicilligera
(Double-tufted Royal) -
Chliaria othona
(Orchid Tit) -
Rapala dieneces
(Scarlet Flash) -
Pseudozizeeria maha
(Pale Grass Blue) -
Cigaritis syama
(Club Silverline) -
Prosotas dubiosa
(Tailless Lineblue) -
Spalgis epius
(Apefly)
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. 373–375.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. 373–375.photo credit & copyright: Syed Abbas,Birdwing,Bangladesh.more information please contact with us.