Udara albocaerulea
TaxonUdara albocaerulea
Authority(Moore, 1879)
Synonyms
  • Polyommatus albocaeruleus Moore, 1879
  • Cyaniris albocaeruleus
  • Lycaenopsis albocaerulea
  • Celastrina albocaerulea
  • Cyaniris ceyx amadis Fruhstorfer, 1910
  • Lycaenopsis albocoeruleus sauteri Fruhstorfer, 1917
  • Celastrina scharffi Corbet, 1937
  • Celastrina albocaerulea yamanotoi Murayama, 1953

Udara albocaerulea, the albocerulean, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1879. It is found from India (Simla to Assam) to Myanmar, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan.

Subspecies

  • U. a. albocaerulea (Yunnan)
  • U. a. scharffi (Corbet, 1937) (western Malaysia)
  • U. a. sauteri (Fruhstorfer, 1917) (Taiwan) (Udara sauteri is a synonym of Udara albocaerulea)[1])
  • U. a. yamanotoi (Murayama, 1953) (Japan)

References

  1. ^ Hsu, Yu-Feng. "Udara albocaerulea (Moore, 1879)" (in Chinese). Catalogue of Life in Taiwan. Biodiversity Research Center, Academia Sinica. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 7, 2020.