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Rathinda amor (Monkey Puzzle)

Synonyms: Papilio amor; Papilio triopas (heterotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

The Monkey Puzzle, Rathinda amor (Fabricius) 1775 is a small lycaenid or blue butterfly found in south Asia.
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Attributes

Wing Span [1]  1.063 inches (.027 m)

Prey / Diet

Eugenia roxburghii (Roxburgh's Cherry)[2]
Ixora coccinea (scarlet jungleflame)[3]
Litchi chinensis (lychee)[3]
Mangifera indica (mango)[3]

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Rayalu, M. B., Rao, K. C., Atluri, J. B., & Ramana, S. V. (2012). Life history and larval performance of the Monkey puzzle butterfly Rathinda amor Fabricius (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera: Lycaenidae) from India.
♦ 2Jorrit 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.
♦ 3HOSTS - 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