Udara dilecta

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Udara
Subgenus: Udara
Species: Udara dilecta
Subspecies: (7)
U. d. coalitoides – U. d. dilecta – U. d. neodilecta – U. d. paracatius – U. d. parva – U. d. subcoalita – U. d. thoria

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Name

Udara dilecta (Moore, 1879).

Type locality: Nepal.

Lectotype: ♂ BMNH; designated by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 85.

Synonymy

Polyommatus dilectus Moore, 1879: 139.
Cyaniris dilectus (Moore) Leech, 1892: 319, pl.31, fig.10 ♂.
Lycaenopsis dilecta (Moore) Chapman, 1909: 453, figs. 91, 92 ♂ genit.
Cyaniris dilectus hermonthis Fruhstorfer, 1909: 116. Lectotype ♂, Taiwan BMNH.
Cyaniris dilectus hainana Fruhstorfer, 1910: 289. Lectotype ♂, Hainan BMNH.
Lycaenopsis cardia dilectina Fruhstorfer, 1917: 14. Lectotype ♂, China BMNH.
Celastrina (Udara) dilecta dilecta (Moore) Toxopeus, 1928: 219.
[Celastrina dilecta briga (Fruhstorfer) sensu Corbet: 1937: 30 (partim, ♀ nec ♂). Misidentification.]
Celastrina dilectus (Moore) Forster, 1941: 594, pls. 19,20, figs. 1 ♂.
Udara dilecta (Moore) Kawazoé and Wakabayashi, 1976: 159, pl. 34, figs, 3a, 3b, 3d ♂, 3c ♀; Smith, 1993: 56.
Celastrina dilecta dilecta (Moore) Eliot, 1978: 443, pl. 20, fig. 32 ♂.
Udara (Udara) dilecta dilecta (Moore); Eliot & Kawazoe, 1983: 85, Fig.474.

References

Chapman, T., 1909. A review of the species of the lepidopterous genus Lycaenopsis Feld. (Cyaniris auct. ned Dalm.) on examination of the male ancillary appendages. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909: 419–476, 72 figs. BHL. Reference page.
Corbet, A. S., 1937. A revision of the Malayan species of Celastrina (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 86: 19–34, 12 figs. Reference page.
Eliot, J. N. 1978. In Corbet & Pendlebury, The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. 3rd Edn. xiv + 578 pp., 35 pls., 438 genitalia figs. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. Reference page.
Eliot, J. N. & Kawazoé, A. 1983. Blue butterflies of the Lycaenopsis group. British Museum (Natural History), London. ISBN 0-565-00860-9. Reference page.
Forster, W., 1941. Neue Lycaeniden-Formen aus China II. Mitteilungen der Münchner entomologischen Gesellschaft 31: 593–627, pls 19-22. text plates. Reference page.
Fruhstorfer, H., 1909. Lepidopterisches Pêle-Mêle 16; Neues aus Formosa. Ent. Z. Frankf. A. M. 25: 116-118. Reference page.
Fruhstorfer, H., 1910. Neue Cyaniris-Rassen und Übersicht der bekannten Arten. Stettin. Ent. Ztg. 71 (1909): 282-305. Reference page.
Fruhstorfer, H., 1917. Revision der Lycaenidengattung Lycaenopsis. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 82 (A) (1) (1916): 1–42, 2 pls. text, plates. Reference page.
Leech, J.H. 1892-1894. Butterflies from China, Japan and Corea 1. pp 1-297, 2. pp 297–681, Map, Plates. Reference page.
Moore, F., 1879. Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1879: 136–144. BHL. Reference page.
Smith, C., 1993. Illustrated Checklist of Nepal's Butterflies, 128pp. Rohit Kumar, Lashkar (Gwalior), India. ISBN 974-88810-7-5 Reference page.
Toxopeus, L. J., 1927-1928. Eine Revision der javanischen, zu Lycaenopsis und verwandten Genera gehörigen Arten. Tijdschr. Ent. 70: 232-302, 1pl., 27 figs; ibid. 71: 179-265, 1 pl., 29 figs. Reference page.

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Vernacular names

বাংলা: পেল হেজ ব্লু
English: Pale Hedge Blue
中文: 嫵琉灰蝶,達邦琉璃小灰蝶,珍貴嫵灰蝶,達邦瑠璃小灰蝶,錐粟琉璃灰蝶,埔里琉璃小灰蝶