Logania malayica

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Logania malayica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Logania
Species:
L. malayica
Binomial name
Logania malayica
Distant, 1884 [1]

Logania malayica, the Malayan mottle, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by William Lucas Distant in 1884. It is found in the Indomalayan realm. It is the most conspicuous species of the genus. Above milky bluish-white, forewing with a broad, black distal area. Hindwing only with a delicate, narrow, brown distal line. Beneath densely speckled with red-brown. L. malayica is the only species with an obliquely cut-off costal marginal part, above which the apex projects in the shape of a tip, on the forewing [2]

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Biology

The larva is associated with the aphid genus Pseudoregma .

References

  1. Distant, W.L.1882-1886. Rhopalocera Malayana. 16 + 481 pp., 41 pls. London.
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .