Pratapa deva, the white royal, is a lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1857.
Description
Subspecies
There are nine subspecies:
- P. d. deva â southern India, Sri Lanka
- P. d. relata <small>(Distant, 1884)</small> â Peninsular Malaya, Singapore
- P. d. lila <small>Moore, [1884]</small> â northern India, Assam, Myanmar, Thailand
- P. d. devana <small>H. H. Druce, 1895</small> â northern Borneo
- P. d. devadatta <small>(Fruhstorfer, 1912)</small> â southern Borneo
- P. d. cartena <small>(Fruhstorfer, 1912)</small> â western Java
- P. d. methara <small>(Fruhstorfer, 1912)</small> â eastern Java
- P. d. devula <small>Corbet, 1942</small> â Hong Kong
- P. d. christina <small>Schröder & Treadaway, 1998</small> â Philippines: Luzon
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