Laringa castelnaui

Laringa castelnaui
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Genus: Laringa
Species:
L. castelnaui
Binomial name
Laringa castelnaui
(Felder & Felder,1860)
Synonyms
  • Eurytela castelnaui C. & R. Felder, 1860

Laringa castelnaui is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm.

Subspecies

  • Laringa castelnaui castelnaui, the Blue Dandy, (southern Burma to Peninsular Malaya, possibly Singapore)
  • Laringa castelnaui ochus Fruhstorfer (Borneo)
  • Laringa castelnaui ottonis Fruhstorfer (Palawan)
  • Laringa castelnaui niha Fruhstorfer (Nias)
  • Laringa castelnaui fruhstorferi de Nicéville (eastern Java)

It ia a medium-sized, brown butterfly with lobed wings. Males may be metallic blue on the upper side.Asin other Biblidinae it is a tropical forest insect. [1] [2]

References

  1. ↑ Paul Smart, 1991 The Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Butterfly World Salamander Books, 1996 275 pages
  2. ↑ Fleming, W. A., 1975 Butterflies of West Malaysia & Singapore Berkshire, Eng. : Classey Publications Two volumes


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