Mahathala ameria

Falcate oakblue
Mahathala america, female, North India, from original description.
Mahathala america hainani female Courvoisier Collection, Basel
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Mahathala
Species:	M. ameria
Binomial name
Mahathala ameria (Hewitson, 1862) [1]

The Mahathala ameria, the falcate oakblue, ^{[2] [3]} is a species of blue butterfly, of the family Lycaenidae found in South-East Asia.

Range

The butterfly occurs in India from Bengal to Assam, the Khasi Hills, and other parts of north-east India into southern Myanmar, Thailand, Laos and Java. It is also found in western and southern China, Hainan and Taiwan. ^[2]

Subspecies

• M. a. ameria West China, Bengal, Assam, Burma
• M. a. zistraFruhstorfer, 1908 - Thailand
• M. a. javanaFruhstorfer, 1908 - Java
• M. a. hainaniBethune-Baker, 1903 - Indo China, South China, Hainan, Taiwan

Status

Rare. ^[4]

See also

• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

References

1. Hewitson, 1862 Specimen of a Catalogue of Lycaenidae in the British Museum Spec. Cat. Lep. Lyc. B. M. : [4],[1],2-15, pl. I-VIII,[1-8] (links to Ill. diurn. Lep. Lyc.)
2. "Mahathala Moore, 1878" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
3. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Mahathala ameria​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
4. Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 255, ser no H48.1.

Further reading

• Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
• Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
• Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
• "Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera".
• Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN   978-8170192329.