''Surendra vivarna'', the acacia 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 hairstreak
The subfamily Theclinae is a group of butterflies, often referred to as hairstreaks, with some species instead known as elfins or by other names. The group is part of the family Lycaenidae, the "gossamer-winged butterflies". There are many tropi ...
butterfly found in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
, IndiaSulawesi
Sulawesi (), also known as Celebes (), is an island in Indonesia. One of the four Greater Sunda Islands, and the world's eleventh-largest island, it is situated east of Borneo, west of the Maluku Islands, and south of Mindanao and the Sulu Ar ...
.[Eliot J.N., in ''The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula'', 4th Edition.][''Surendra'']
at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Range
Its range is similar to that of its genus, ''Surendra
Surendra is an Indian masculine given name. Notable people with this name include:
* Surendra (actor/singer)
* Surendra Bhave
* Surendra Chaturvedi
* Surendra Dubey
* Surendra Gambhir
* Surendra Hiranandani
* Surendra Jain
* Surendra Jha 'Sum ...
'', except it is not recorded from China or the Philippines proper (where it is replaced by '' S. maniliana''), but from Balabac, Palawan and the Calamian Islands.[Vane-Wright R.I. & de Jong R. 2003. ''The Butterflies of Sulawesi''.][
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Description
Subspecies
* ''Surendra vivarna amisena'' Hewitson, 1862, (South Burma, Thailand, Malaya, and Sumatra)[Pinratana A. ''Butterflies in Thailand'', Volume 4, 1981.]
* ''Surendra vivarna palowna'' Staudinger, 1889, (Borneo)[Seki Y. ''Butterflies of Borneo'', Volume 2, No. 1, 1991.]
* ''Surendra vivarna samina'' Fruhstorfer, 1904, (Sulawesi)[
* ''Surendra vivarna latimargo'' Moore, 1879 (Andamans)
* ''Surendra vivarna discalis'' Moore (Sri Lanka)
]
Food plants
(''Acacia
''Acacia'', commonly known as the wattles or acacias, is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the subfamily Mimosoideae of the pea family Fabaceae. Initially, it comprised a group of plant species native to Africa and Australasia. The genus na ...
'', '' Albizia'', ''Paraserianthes
''Paraserianthes'' is a genus of flowering plants in the family Fabaceae. It belongs to the mimosoid clade of the subfamily Caesalpinioideae.
Taxonomy
''Paraserianthes'' includes only one species:
* ''Paraserianthes lophantha'' (Willd.) I.C.Nie ...
'') and it is facultatively attended by various ants.
Image:SurendraVivarnaAC4.jpg, About to emerge
Image:SurendraVivarnaAC5.jpg, Wings enlarging
Image:SurendraVivarnaMaleUnFullAC1.JPG, Male, underside, North Sulawesi
Image:SurendraVivarnaMaleUpFullAC1.JPG, Male, upperside, North Sulawesi
Image:SurendraVivarnaFemaleUnFullAC1.JPG, Female, underside, North Sulawesi
Image:SurendraVivarnaFemaleUpFullAC1.JPG, Female, underside, North Sulawesi
Image:SurendraVivarnaFemaleUpFullAC2.JPG, Female, upperside, West Brunei
File:SaminaMFUpUn 530 AC1.jpg, Male and female ''S.v.samina''
File:VivarnaMUpUn 527 528 ac1.jpg , From the Courvoisier Collection, Basel, Switzerland
See also
* Lycaenidae
* List of butterflies of India
* List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)
Cited references
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Arhopalini
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Butterflies described in 1829