Ancema ctesia

Ancema ctesia, the bi-spot royal, is a species of blue butterfly (Lycaenidae) found in Pakistan and India.

Bi-spot royal
Male, upperside left, underside right
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Ancema
Species:
A. ctesia
Binomial name
Ancema ctesia
(Hewitson, 1865)[1]
Synonyms
  • Camena ctesia Hewitson, 1865
  • Dacalana ctesia
  • Camema ctesia agalla Fruhstorfer, 1912
  • Camena ctesia cakravasti Fruhstorfer, 1909
  • Camena ctesia cakravasti Fruhstorfer, 1909

The larvae feed on Viscum articulatum.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:[1]

  • Ancema ctesia ctesia (Sikkim, Assam, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, possibly Bhutan and Burma)
  • Ancema ctesia agalla (Fruhstorfer, 1912) (Thailand, Laos, southern Yunnan, Sichuan)
  • Ancema ctesia cakravasti (Fruhstorfer, 1909) (Taiwan)
  • male Thailand
    male Thailand
  • male India Courvoisier collection
    male India Courvoisier collection
  • Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera Plate 20
    Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera Plate 20

References
  1. Ancema at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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