Cyaniriodes libna

Cyaniriodes libna
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Cyaniriodes
Species:	C. libna
Binomial name
Cyaniriodes libna (Hewitson, 1869) [1]
Synonyms
Hypolycaena libnaHewitson, 1869 Logania andersoniiMoore, 1884

Cyaniriodes libna is a species of butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South-East Asia.Above more lustrous green than blue, the black marginal band in the forewing equally broad, not as in phakos broader in the apical portion, but in the hindwing it is broader in the anal portion. Beneath white strewn with small dark fine dots and hooks. ^[2]

Subspecies

• C. l. libna (Borneo)
• C. l. andersonii(Moore, 1884) (southern Burma, Mergui, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Langkawi)
• C. l. klossiRiley [1945] (Indonesia: Mentawi Island)
• C. l. miotsukushiHayashi, 1976 (Philippines: Palawan)
• C. l. samaranaSchröder & Treadaway, 1994 (Philippines: Samar)
• C. l. tawicolanaSchröder & Treadaway, 1994 (Philippines: Tawitawi)

Gallery

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  C. l. andersonii
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  C. l. miotsukushi female
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  C. l. miotsukushi male

References

1. Cyaniriodes at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.