''Bindahara phocides'', the plane,
[ is a small ]butterfly
Butterflies are winged insects from the lepidopteran superfamily Papilionoidea, characterized by large, often brightly coloured wings that often fold together when at rest, and a conspicuous, fluttering flight. The oldest butterfly fossi ...
found Indomalayan
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Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ...
(including Sri Lanka
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, India
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)[ and ]Australasian
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realms that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Description
Subspecies
The subspecies are:[
*''B. p. phocides'' Sikkim - Myanmar, South Yunnan
*''B. p. fumata'' (Röber, 1887) Sulawesi, Talaud, Banggai, Sula
*''B. p. moorei'' Fruhstorfer, 1904 Sri Lanka, south India][
::"Male and female, similar to the nominate subspecies above and below in both sexes, except that on the upperside of the hindwing there is a narrow, terminal blue-green band from near the apex to vein 2."][
*''B. p. phocas'' Staudinger, 1889 Palawan
*''B. p. chromis'' (Mathew, 1887) Bismarck Archipelago, Solomons
*''B. p. isabella'' (Felder, 1860) Cape York - Townsville
*''B. p. origenes'' Fruhstorfer, 1912 Philippines (Mindanao)
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Biology
The larva feeds on '' Salacia''.
Gallery
File:Plane butterfly.jpg, At Mount Harriet National Park
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in the Andamans
File:Bindahara moorei Fruhstorfer, 1904 – Blue-bordered Plane at Makutta (10).jpg, ''B. p. moorei''
See also
*List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)
This is a list of the butterflies of India belonging to the family Lycaenidae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full List of butterflies of India.
This list is based on Evans (1932) and includes 318 species bel ...
References
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Deudorigini
Butterflies of Asia
Butterflies of Singapore
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