''Mahathala'' is a small genus of
hairstreak
The subfamily Theclinae is a group of butterflies, often referred to as hairstreaks, with some species instead known as elfins or by other names. The group is part of the family Lycaenidae, the "gossamer-winged butterflies". There are many tro ...
butterflies
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 ...
in the family
Lycaenidae
Lycaenidae is the second-largest family (biology), family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of ...
. Two species occur in
Southeast Asia
Southeast Asia is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of the Mainland Au ...
, the third is
endemic
Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...
to
Mongolia
Mongolia is a landlocked country in East Asia, bordered by Russia to the north and China to the south and southeast. It covers an area of , with a population of 3.5 million, making it the world's List of countries and dependencies by po ...
.
Species
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(Hewitson, 1862)
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Mahathala ariadeva
''Mahathala ariadeva'', the Malayan Falcate Oakblue, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Hans Fruhstorfer in 1908. It is found in the Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. ...
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Fruhstorfer, 1908 Burma, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, Sumatra
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Mahathala gone''
Druce, 1895 Mongolia
References
"''Mahathala'' Moore, 1878"at Markku Savela's ''Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms''
Arhopalini
Lycaenidae genera
Taxa named by Frederic Moore
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