Ancema blanka explained

Ancema blanka, the silver royal, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm. The species was first described by Lionel de Nicéville in 1894.^{[1] [2]}

Description

Lionel de Nicéville described this species in 1894 as:

Subspecies

• A. b. blanka North India, Sikkim - Assam, Myanmar, Sumatra^[3]
• A. b. minturna (Fruhstorfer, 1912) Thailand, Laos, Sikkim, Assam, Bhutan
• A. b. nacandra (Fruhstorfer, 1912) Java
• A. b. sudica (Evans, 1926) South India
• A. b. reina Schröder & Treadaway, 1998

Habits

They fly very fast. During summers, the male occasionally comes to water but usually keeps to the treetops and rocks, especially on the summit of hills, where they basks in the sun with the wings half open. Silver royals can sometimes be seen sitting on the dung of animals and by the sides of small streams and waterfalls.^[4] Females are rarely seen.^[5]

External links

• Web site: Takanami . Yusuke . Seki . Yasuo . amp . 2001 . Genus Ancema . A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae from the Philippines . https://web.archive.org/web/20010708051032/http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~EY4Y-TKNM/Pratapa-Phil/Ancema-phil.html . 8 July 2001 . Internet Archive. With images.

Notes and References

1. Book: A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India . Varshney . R. K. . Smetacek. Peter. Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing . 2015. 978-81-929826-4-9. New Delhi. 118. 10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164.
2. Web site: Savela . Markku . 4 December 2015 . Ancema blanka (de Nicéville, 1894) . Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms . 11 January 2020.
3. Web site: Ancema blanka (de Nicéville, 1894) – Silver Royal . Butterflies of India . 12 January 2020.
4. Book: A Pictorial Guide Butterflies of Gorumara National Park. Department of Forests Government of West Bengal. 95. 2013.
5. Book: Wynter-Blyth. M. A.. Butterflies of the Indian Region. 1957. The Bombay Natural History Society . Bombay. 338–339. First.