Bindahara phocides, the plane, is a small butterfly found Indomalayan (including Sri Lanka, India) and Australasian realms that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Description
Subspecies
The subspecies are:
- B. p. phocides Sikkim - Myanmar, Andaman, South Yunnan
- B. p. areca Nicobar
- B. p. fumata <small>(Röber, 1887)</small> Sulawesi, Talaud, Banggai, Sula
- B. p. moorei <small>Fruhstorfer, 1904</small> 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." Recently elevated to species but uncertain, see discussion on inaturalist
- B. p. phocas <small>Staudinger, 1889</small> Palawan
- B. p. chromis <small>(Mathew, 1887)</small> Bismarck Archipelago, Solomons
- B. p. isabella <small>(Felder, 1860)</small> Cape York - Townsville
- B. p. origenes <small>Fruhstorfer, 1912</small> Philippines (Mindanao)
Biology
The larva feeds on Salacia.
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