Kingdom Animalia Family Lycaenidae Rank Genus | Class Insecta Phylum Arthropoda Order Butterflies and moths | |
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Similar Flos, Iraota, Catapaecilma, Loxura, Charana | ||
Surendra is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. It belongs to the subfamily Theclinae often called hairstreaks. It is often grouped into the tribe Arhopalini along with its sister genera Arhopala, Flos and Semanga. The genus is sometimes known by the common name acacia blues in reflection of the host plant of the larvae.
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Range
The species resides in Sri Lanka, India, China, Indochina, Malay Peninsula, Sumatra, Java, Bali, Borneo, Philippines and Sulawesi.
References
Surendra (butterfly) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA