Ticherra

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Blue imperial
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From the Courvoisier Collection, Basel
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Ticherra
Species:
T. acte
Binomial name
Ticherra acte
(Moore, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Myrina acteMoore, [1858]
  • Myrina symiraHewitson, 1876
  • Ticherra acte acte f. idinaFruhstorfer, 1912
  • Biduanda staudingeriDruce, 1895

Ticherra is a monotypic genus in the lycaenid or blues family. Its sole species is Ticherra acte, the blue imperial, a small butterfly found in India and South-East Asia.

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Subspecies

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