Callenya lenya

Last updated

Callenya lenya
CallenyaLenyaLenyaFUpUnAC1.jpg
Scientific classification Red Pencil Icon.png
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Callenya
Species:
C. lenya
Binomial name
Callenya lenya
(Evans, 1932)
Synonyms
  • Lycaenopsis lenyaEvans, 1932
  • Celastrina cowaniCorbet, 1940

Callenya lenya, the long-winged hedge blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae.

Contents

Distribution

C. lenya is found in southern Burma, Thailand, the Malay Peninsula and Borneo. In Kinabalu Park in Sabah, it is recorded from Kampung Kundasang, the Langganan waterfall, and Kampung Sayap. [1] In Cambodia's Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary, it is found above 800 metres on the Khamaoch massif. [2]

Subspecies

Bibliography

Related Research Articles

Mount Kinabalu Highest mountain in Malaysia

Mount Kinabalu is the highest mountain in Borneo, the Malay Archipelago and Malaysia. With an elevation of 13,435 ft (4,095 m), it is third-highest peak of an island on Earth, and 20th most prominent mountain in the world by topographic prominence. The mountain is located in Ranau district, West Coast Division of Sabah, Malaysia. It is protected as Kinabalu Park, a World Heritage Site.

Cardamom Mountains Mountain chain in Cambodia

The Cardamom Mountains, or Kravanh Mountains, is a mountain range in the south west of Cambodia and Eastern Thailand. The majority of the range is within Cambodia.

<i>Bibasis sena</i> Species of butterfly

Bibasis sena, commonly known as the orange-tailed awlet, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae, the skippers. It is also sometimes called the pale green awlet though that name can also refer to Bibasis gomata.

<i>Nepenthes × alisaputrana</i> Species of carnivorous plant

Nepenthes × alisaputrana, or the leopard pitcher-plant, is a hybrid of two well-known Nepenthes pitcher plant species: N. burbidgeae and N. rajah. The plant is confined to Mount Kinabalu in Sabah, Borneo.

Small Indian civet Species of mammal

The small Indian civet is a civet native to South and Southeast Asia. It is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List because of its widespread distribution, widespread habitat use and healthy populations living in agricultural and secondary landscapes of many range states.

Hairy-nosed otter Species of carnivore

The hairy-nosed otter is a semiaquatic mammal endemic to Southeast Asia and one of the rarest and least known otter species. It is threatened by loss of natural resources and poaching.

<i>Miletus biggsii</i> Species of butterfly

Miletus biggsii, the Bigg's brownie, is a small butterfly found in India and Myanmar that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

<i>Allotinus horsfieldi</i> Species of butterfly

Allotinus horsfieldi, the common darkie, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

<i>Hypolycaena erylus</i> Species of butterfly

Hypolycaena erylus, the common tit, is a small but striking butterfly found in India and South-East Asia that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by Jean-Baptiste Godart in 1823.

<i>Prosotas dubiosa</i> Species of butterfly

Prosotas dubiosa, the tailless lineblue or small purple lineblue, is a blue butterfly (Lycaenidae) found in Asia to Australia. The species was first described by Georg Semper in 1879.

<i>Celaenorrhinus nigricans</i> Species of butterfly

Celaenorrhinus nigricans, the small banded flat, is a hesperiid butterfly which is found in South and Southeast Asia.

<i>Plautella</i> Monotypic butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae

Plautella is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It is a monotypic genus containing Plautella cossaea found in the Indomalayan realm Malaya, Java, Sumatra and Borneo.

Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary

Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary is a wildlife sanctuary in western Cambodia, bordering Thailand. The sanctuary was established in 1994 and covers 3,307.56 km2 (1,277.06 sq mi). It is also designated as an Important Bird Area (IBA).

Cardamom Mountains rain forests

The Cardamom Mountains rain forests is a tropical moist broadleaf forest ecoregion in Southeast Asia, as identified by the WWF. The ecoregion covers the Cardamom Mountains and Elephant Mountains and the adjacent coastal lowlands in eastern Thailand and southwestern Cambodia, as well as the Vietnamese island of Dao Phu Quoc.

Indochinese leopard Leopard subspecies

The Indochinese leopard is a leopard subspecies native to mainland Southeast Asia and southern China. In Indochina, leopards are rare outside protected areas and threatened by habitat loss due to deforestation as well as poaching for the illegal wildlife trade. The population trend is suspected to be decreasing. As of 2016, the population is thought to comprise 973–2,503 mature individuals, with only 409–1,051 breeding adults. The historical range has decreased by more than 90%.

<i>Allotinus unicolor</i> Species of butterfly

Allotinus unicolor, the lesser darkie, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Cajetan and Rudolf Felder in 1865. It is found in Asia.

<i>Arhopala fulla</i> Species of butterfly

Arhopala fulla , the spotless oakblue, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862. It is found in Southeast Asia

<i>Arhopala hypomuta</i> Species of butterfly

Arhopala hypomuta is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862. It is found in Southeast Asia

<i>Arhopala kinabala</i> Species of butterfly

Arhopala kinabala is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1895. It is found in Southeast Asia The name refers to the type locality Kinabalu Park.

<i>Arhopala muta</i> Species of butterfly

Arhopala muta is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1862. It is found in Southeast Asia

References

  1. Hauser, Christoph L.; Christian H. Schulze; Konrad Fiedler (1997). "The Butterfly Species (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera) of Kinabalu Park, Sabah" (PDF). The Raffles Bulletin of Zoology. 45 (2): 281–304.
  2. Monastyrskii, A.L.; Masaya Yago; Kenichi Odagiri (2011). "Butterfly assemblages (Lepidoptera, Papilionoidea) of the Cardamom Mountains, Southwest Cambodia(Appendix 1: Checklist of butterflies recorded in Phnom Samkos Wildlife Sanctuary)" (PDF). Cambodian Journal of Natural History. 2: 122–130.