Oreolyce quadriplaga

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Naga hedge blue
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Oreolyce quadriplaga in a collection of Lycaenidae from Malaya
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Oreolyce
Species:
O. quadriplaga
Binomial name
Oreolyce quadriplaga
(Snellen, 1892)

Oreolyce quadriplaga, the Naga hedge blue, [1] is a small butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm [2] that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

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Subspecies

Taxonomy

The butterfly was earlier known as Lycaenopsis quadriplaga (Tytler). [2]

Range

It is found in Nagaland in India., [2] Java and Malaya.

See also

Cited references

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Oreolyce quadriplaga". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 23, 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. pp. 221–226, ser no H21.4.

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