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Lyropteryx apollonia musageta Bryk, 1953. Lyropteryx apollonia, the Apollo metalmark, pink-dotted metalmark or blue-rayed metalmark, is a butterfly of the family Riodinidae, subfamily Riodininae, tribe Riodinini. The species was first described by John O. Westwood in 1851.
Sasakia charonda. Sasakia charonda, the Japanese emperor or great purple emperor, is a species of butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It is native to Japan (from Hokkaidō to Kyūshū ), the Korean Peninsula, China, northern Taiwan and northern Vietnam. Its wingspan averages 50 mm (2.0 in) for males, and 65 mm (2.6 in) for females.
Description. Adults have dark brown wings with white bands and spots, and a small orange ring on each of the hindwings. Males have a wingspan of 70–80 millimetres (2.8–3.1 in), and have a purple-blue sheen caused by iridescence that the slightly larger (80–92 mm) females lack. [2] The larvae (caterpillars) are green with white and yellow ...
Over 140 species of butterfly that are found in the south-eastern Australian state of Victoria. This list includes native and introduced species and subspecies. This list includes native and introduced species and subspecies.
P. dubiosa. Binomial name. Prosotas dubiosa. ( Semper, 1879) In Talakona forest, in Chittoor district of Andhra Pradesh, India. Prosotas dubiosa, the tailless lineblue [1] or small purple lineblue, [2] [3] is a blue butterfly (Lycaenidae) found in Asia to Australia. The species was first described by Georg Semper in 1879.
Morpho peleides. Morpho peleides, the Peleides blue morpho, common morpho [1] or the emperor [2] [3] is an iridescent tropical butterfly found in Mexico, Central America, northern South America, Paraguay and Trinidad. Most authorities [4] believe that peleides is a subspecies of Morpho helenor. [5]
Binomial name. Phengaris alcon. ( Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Synonyms. Glaucopsyche alcon. Maculinea alcon ( Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775) Phengaris alcon, the Alcon blue or Alcon large blue, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae and is found in Europe and across the Palearctic to Siberia and Mongolia . Seitz 83a.
Australia has more than 400 species of butterfly, ... Pink grass-yellow, Eurema herla ... Purple line-blue, Prosotas dubiosa (Semper, 1879) ...