Udara albocaerulea

Udara albocaerulea
U. a. sauteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Udara
Species:	U. albocaerulea
Binomial name
Udara albocaerulea (Moore, 1879)
Synonyms
Polyommatus albocaeruleusMoore, 1879 Cyaniris albocaeruleus Lycaenopsis albocaerulea Celastrina albocaerulea Cyaniris ceyx amadisFruhstorfer, 1910 Lycaenopsis albocoeruleus sauteriFruhstorfer, 1917 Celastrina scharffiCorbet, 1937 Celastrina albocaerulea yamanotoiMurayama, 1953

Udara albocaerulea, the albocerulean, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1879. It is found from India (Simla to Assam) to Myanmar, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan.

Subspecies

• U. a. albocaerulea (Yunnan)
• U. a. scharffi(Corbet, 1937) (western Malaysia)
• U. a. sauteri(Fruhstorfer, 1917) (Taiwan) (Udara sauteri is a synonym of Udara albocaerulea) ^[1] )
• U. a. yamanotoi(Murayama, 1953) (Japan)

References

1. Hsu, Yu-Feng. "Udara albocaerulea (Moore, 1879)". Catalogue of Life in Taiwan (in Chinese). Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2020.

• "Udara albocaerulea (Moore, 1879)". Insecta.pro. Retrieved February 7, 2020.