Surendra florimel
Surendra florimel, the Eastern acacia blue a species of lycaenid or hairstreak butterfly found in South-East Asia.
| Surendra florimel | |
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| Male from southern Thailand | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Surendra |
| Species: | S. florimel |
| Binomial name | |
| Surendra florimel Doherty, 1889 | |
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Description
In the male, the wings above are deep shining purplish blue, with a black apical border on the forewing, and on the hindwing both the costal and inner margins are broadly black bordered. The female is plain brown, with diffuse darker borders. The underside is brown, with a darker brown band across the wing from apex to the middle of the dorsum.
Male, underside, southern Thailand
Female, upperside, southern Thailand
Female, underside, southern Thailand
Male Courvoisier Collection, Basel
References
- Seki Y. Butterflies of Borneo, Volume 2, No. 1, 1991.
- Eliot J.N., in The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula, 4th Edition.
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