Surendra quercetorum

Common acacia blue
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Surendra
Species:	S. quercetorum
Binomial name
Surendra quercetorum (Moore, 1857) [1]
Synonyms
Amblypodia quercetorumMoore, [1858]

Surendra quercetorum, the common acacia blue, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm(in Simla Hills - Assam, Burma, South Bihaar, China, Vietnam). ^{[2] [1]}

The larvae feed on Acacia pennata and Acacia caesia .

Subspecies

• Surendra quercetorum quercetorum Moore, 1857 (S.Yunnan, Uttarakhand to N.E. India) ^{[3] [2] [1]}
• Surendra quercetorum neritos Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Vietnam) ^[1]

• 
  Male, upperside from northern Thailand
• 
  Male, underside from northern Thailand
• 
  Male and female Courvoisier Collection, Basel

References

1. Surendra at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
2. R.K., Varshney; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. p. 109. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN   978-81-929826-4-9.
3. "Surendra quercetorum Moore, 1857 – Common Acacia Blue" . Retrieved 26 August 2017.

External links

• Media related to Surendra quercetorum at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Surendra quercetorum at Wikispecies