''Deudorix perse'' (formerly ''Virachola perse''), the large guava blue, is a species of

lycaenid Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...

or blue butterfly found in the

Indomalayan realm The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia. Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Indi ...

. It was described by

William Chapman Hewitson William Chapman Hewitson (9 January 1806, in Newcastle upon Tyne – 28 May 1878, in Oatlands Park, Surrey) was a British naturalist. A wealthy collector, Hewitson was particularly devoted to Coleoptera (beetles) and Lepidoptera (butterflies ...

in 1863. The larva feeds on ''

Randia dumetorum ''Catunaregam spinosa'', the mountain pomegranate, is a flowering plant in the family Rubiaceae, found in South Asia and other Asian countries. Almost all parts of the plant are used as a traditional medicine in Ayurveda and fruits have been repo ...

''.

Description

Subspecies

*'' D. p. perse'' India to Thailand *'' D. p. ghela'' Fruhstorfer, 1912 Ceylon, South India Fruhstorfer, 1912 Uebersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begründet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors ''Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift'' 56 (3/4): 197-272, f. 1-4 . *'' D. p. maseas'' Fruhstorfer, 1912 PerseMFUp 489 AC1.jpg , ''D. p. perse'' Courvoisier Collection, Basel

References

Deudorigini Butterflies described in 1863 Butterflies of Asia Taxa named by William Chapman Hewitson {{Lycaenidae-stub