Agriades asiatica explained

Agriades asiatica, the azure mountain blue,^[1] is a small butterfly found in the Himalayas that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Taxonomy

The butterfly was earlier known as Polyommatus asiatica^[2] or as Albulina asiatica.

Range

The butterfly occurs in the Himalayas (Sikkim) and the Central Asian mountains.^[1]

References

• Web site: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex) . Beccaloni . George . Scoble . Malcolm . Kitching . Ian . Simonsen . Thomas . Robinson . Gaden . Pitkin . Brian . Hine . Adrian . Lyal . Chris . Natural History Museum, London . 2016-10-15 .
• Book: Evans . W.H. . William Harry Evans . The Identification of Indian Butterflies . 2nd . Mumbai, India . . 1932 .

Notes and References

1. http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/agriades/index.html Agriades
2. Book: Evans . W.H. . William Harry Evans . The Identification of Indian Butterflies . 2nd . Mumbai, India . . 1932 . 228, ser no H22.15 .