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Blue imperial
From the Courvoisier Collection, Basel
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Ticherra
Species: T. acte
Binomial name
Ticherra acte
(Moore, 1857)
Synonyms
  • Myrina acte Moore,
  • Myrina symira Hewitson, 1876
  • Ticherra acte acte f. idina Fruhstorfer, 1912
  • Biduanda staudingeri Druce, 1895

Ticherra is a monotypic genus in the lycaenid or blues family. Its sole species is Ticherra acte, the blue imperial, a small butterfly found in India and South-East Asia.

Subspecies

  • Ticherra acte acte (Sikkim, Assam, Burma, Thailand, Cambodia)
  • Ticherra acte liviana Fruhstorfer, 1912 (southern Burma, Peninsular Malaya, Thailand, Sumatra)
  • Ticherra acte staudingeri (Druce, 1895) (Borneo)
  • Ticherra acte retracta Cowan, 1967 (Hainan)

See also

References

Taxon identifiers
Ticherra
Ticherra acte
Myrina acte
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