Deramas livens

Deramas livens
Deramas livens in Rhopalocera Malayana (figure15).
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Deramas
Species:
D. livens
Binomial name
Deramas livens

Deramas livens is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by William Lucas Distant in 1886. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.Above it is lustrous dark blue, the margins of the wings and the veins black, the whole costal and apical region darkened. Under surface reddish ochreous-brown with an irregular post-median line which is dentate in the hindwing and distally bordered with a lighter colour[2]

Subspecies

  • D. l. livens Peninsular Malaya, Thailand, Sumatra, Borneo
  • D. l. evansi Eliot, 1964 Burma (Tenasserim, Mergui)

References

  1. ^ Distant, W. L.,1886. Contributions to a knowledge of Malayan entomology, Pt. IV. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (5)17:251-254
  2. ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
  • Deramas at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

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