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Loxura atymnus (Yamfly)

Synonyms: Papilio atymnus

Wikipedia Abstract

The Yamfly , Loxura atymnus is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Asia. Yamfly was sighted in the Eastern Ghats in Andhra Pradesh by members of Butterfly Conservation Society, a Hyderabad-based organisation. A solitary butterfly was found in the Rajahmundry-Rampachodavaram road in East Godavari district of the state.
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Infraspecies

Loxura atymnus anglerius
Loxura atymnus atymnus
Loxura atymnus continentalis (Continental Yamfly)
Loxura atymnus deinostratus
Loxura atymnus fuconius
Loxura atymnus intermedius
Loxura atymnus kangeanus
Loxura atymnus leminius
Loxura atymnus luzonica
Loxura atymnus mahara
Loxura atymnus manilius
Loxura atymnus matienus
Loxura atymnus nicobarica
Loxura atymnus yilma

Prey / Diet

Dioscorea pentaphylla (fiveleaf yam)[1]
Smilax polyantha[2]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Jorrit H. Poelen, James D. Simons and Chris J. Mungall. (2014). Global Biotic Interactions: An open infrastructure to share and analyze species-interaction datasets. Ecological Informatics.
♦ 2HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0