Horaga albimacula explained

Horaga albimacula, the violet onyx, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm.

Subspecies

• H. a. albimacula Andamans -white band of the forewing beneath is only continued as a dull brightening on the hindwing.
• H. a. viola Moore, 1882 Sikkim, Assam, India, Ceylon, Burma
• H. a. anara Fruhstorfer, 1898 Java much smaller than the nominate and the white spot more roundish.
• H. a. bellula Fruhstorfer, 1897 Sumbawa -beneath a small, feebly widening spot on the forewing and a deep dark red-brown ground-colour.
• H. a. albistigmata Moulton, 1912 northern Borneo (Swarawak, Madihit Hills)
• H. a. anytus (Staudinger, 1889) Palawan
• H. a. triumphalis Murayama & Sibatani, 1943 Taiwan
• H. a. ohkuboi Hayashi, 1984 Nias^[1]

See also

• List of butterflies of India
• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

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: Bingham . C.T. . Charles Thomas Bingham . The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma . II . 1st . . London . 1907 .
• Book: Evans . W.H. . William Harry Evans . The Identification of Indian Butterflies . 2nd . Mumbai, India . . 1932 .
• Web site: Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera .
• Book: Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander . Mark Alexander Wynter-Blyth . Butterflies of the Indian Region . 1957 . Bombay, India . . 978-8170192329 .

Notes and References

1. Seitz, A. Band 9: Abt. 2, Die exotischen Großschmetterlinge, Die indo-australischen Tagfalter, 1927, 1197 Seiten 177 Tafeln