| Bi-spot royal | |
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| Male, upperside left, underside right | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Ancema |
| Species: | A. ctesia |
| Binomial name | |
| Ancema ctesia | |
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Ancema ctesia, the bi-spot royal, is a species of blue butterfly (Lycaenidae) found in Pakistan and India.
The larvae feed on Viscum articulatum.
Subspecies
The following subspecies are recognised:[1]
- Ancema ctesia ctesia (Sikkim, Assam, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, possibly Bhutan and Burma)
- Ancema ctesia agalla (Fruhstorfer, 1912) (Thailand, Laos, southern Yunnan, Sichuan)
- Ancema ctesia cakravasti (Fruhstorfer, 1909) (Taiwan)
male Thailand
male India Courvoisier collection
Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera Plate 20
References
Media related to Ancema ctesia at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Ancema ctesia at Wikispecies
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