Neolycaena davidi

Neolycaena davidi
Neolycaena davidi in Seitz 73f
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Neolycaena
Species:
N. davidi
Binomial name
Neolycaena davidi
(Oberthur, 1881) [1]

Neolycaena davidi is a small butterfly found in the East Palearctic (Transbaikalia, Mongolia, Northeast China, East Tibet) that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Description from Seitz

davidi Oberth. (73 f) has on the underside broader and more dispersed white spots, which are not accompanied by distinct dark dots as in nymotypical fengstroemi North China and Mongolia.[2]

Biology

The larva feeds on Caragana microphylla, C. pygmaea, C. spinosa

Etymology

The name honours Armand David.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Oberthür, 1881 Etudes d'Entomologie 6: 13
  2. ↑ Seitz, A. ed. Band 1: Abt. 1, Die Großschmetterlinge des palaearktischen Faunengebietes, Die palaearktischen Tagfalter, 1909, 379 Seiten, mit 89 kolorierten Tafeln (3470 Figuren)


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