Ancema ctesia

Species of butterfly

Ancema ctesia, the bi-spot royal, is a species of blue butterfly (Lycaenidae) found in Pakistan and India.

The larvae feed on Viscum articulatum.

Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:^[1]

• Ancema ctesia ctesia (Sikkim, Assam, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, possibly Bhutan and Burma)
• Ancema ctesia agalla (Fruhstorfer, 1912) (Thailand, Laos, southern Yunnan, Sichuan)
• Ancema ctesia cakravasti (Fruhstorfer, 1909) (Taiwan)

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  male Thailand
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  male India Courvoisier collection
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  Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera Plate 20

References

1. Ancema at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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