Deudorix epijarbas, the cornelian or hairy line blue, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in south and southeast Asia from India to Fiji, including the Philippines, and also the tropical coast of Queensland in Australia. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1857.
Description
The wingspan is about 30 mm.
The larvae feed on Sapindus trifoliatus, Euphoria longan, Litchi chinensis, Aesculus indicus, Connarus species (in seed capsules), Harpullia pendula, Pometia pinnata, Caryota rumphiana and Sarcopteryx martyana.
Subspecies
The subspecies are:
- D. e. epijarbas (south India, Sri Lanka)
- D. e. ancus <small>Fruhstorfer, 1912</small> (northern India)
- D. e. amatius <small>Fruhstorfer, 1912</small> (Assam to northern Thailand, Indo China)
- D. e. cinnabarus <small>Fruhstorfer, 1912</small> (southern Thailand to Sundaland)
- D. e. terenzius <small>Fruhstorfer</small> (Nias)
- D. e. enganicus <small>Fruhstorfer</small> (Enggano)
- D. e. mesarchus <small>Fruhstorfer, 1912</small> (Lesser Sunda Islands)
- D. e. corolianus <small>Fruhstorfer, 1912</small> (Palawan, Philippines)
- D. e. megakles <small>Fruhstorfer, 1912</small> (Sulawesi)
- D. e. menesicles <small>Fruhstorfer, 1912</small> (Taiwan)
- D. e. dido <small>Waterhouse, 1934</small> (Kuranda, Cairns)
- D. e. biaka <small>Joicey & Talbot</small> (Biak)
- D. e. turbo <small>Fruhstorfer</small> (Moluccas, Waigeu, Misool, Kai, West Irian to Papua, Manam, Tagula)
- D. e. diovella <small>Waterhouse, 1920</small> (Fiji)
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