Dacalana vidura

The Double Tufted Royal Dacalana vidura[1][2] is a species of blue butterfly found in South East Asia. It was described by Thomas Horsfield in 1857.

Double Tufted Royal
Dacalana vidura azyada
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Dacalana
Species:	D. vidura
Binomial name
Dacalana vidura (Horsfield, 1857)

Range

The butterfly occurs in India from Assam eastwards and across to Dawnas and southern Myanmar.[3] The range extends to Peninsular Malaysia, Sumatra and Java.[1]

Taxonomy

The butterfly was previously classified as Pratapa vidura.[3]

Status

Not Rare.[3]

Cited references

1. Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Dacalana.
2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Dacalana vidura". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 20, 2018.
3. Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 279, ser no H59.1.

See also

• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

References

• Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
• Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
• Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
• "Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera".
• Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.