Nacaduba sinhala
| Nacaduba sinhala | |
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| N.s.ramaswamii from Kerala | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Nacaduba |
| Species: | N. sinhala
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| Binomial name | |
| Nacaduba sinhala (Ormiston, 1924)
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Nacaduba sinhala, the Pale Ceylon line blue, or Ceylon six-lineblue, is a species of Lycaenidae butterfly.[1] It is endemic to Western Ghats complex (Western Ghats and Sri Lanka).[2]
Description
[edit]Wingspan is about 18–28 mm. Clearly distinguished due to whitish discal area and terminating three large whitish post discal spots on upper surface of the fore wing in male. In male apex round, wings transparent. There is a silvery tint with a trace of eyespot on tornus in hindwing. Female has bluish dorsum and bands irrorated with silvery white with dark blue. Larval host plants are Embelia tsjeriam-cottam and Ardisia humilis. A new subspecies, N. s. ramaswamii, was discovered in Pothigai in 2021.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Nacaduba sinhala (Ormiston, 1924)". Catalogue of Life. Retrieved 30 Mar 2021.
- ^ Sadasivan, K; B, Kochunarayanan; F, Khot; R.K., Naicker (26 March 2021), "A new taxon of Nacaduba Moore, 1881 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Polyommatini) from Agasthyamalais of the Western Ghats, India", Journal of Threatened Taxa, 13 (3): 17939–17949, doi:10.11609/jott.6285.13.3.17939-17949
{{citation}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) - ^ "Ceylon 6-Lineblue - Hela Irineelaya". wildreach. Archived from the original on June 28, 2011. Retrieved 3 April 2018.