Surendra vivarna

Surendra vivarna, the acacia blue, is a species of lycaenid or hairstreak butterfly found in Sri Lanka, India and the Indonesian islands as far as Sulawesi.

Range

Its range is similar to that of its genus, Surendra, except it is not recorded from China or the Philippines proper (where it is replaced by S. maniliana), but from Balabac, Palawan and the Calamian Islands.

Description

Subspecies

• Surendra vivarna amisena Hewitson, 1862, (South Burma, Thailand, Malaya, and Sumatra)
• Surendra vivarna palowna Staudinger, 1889, (Borneo)
• Surendra vivarna samina Fruhstorfer, 1904, (Sulawesi)
• Surendra vivarna agdistis Fruhstorfer (Nias)
• Surendra vivarna biplagiata Butler, 1883 (southern India)
• Surendra vivarna latimargo Moore, 1879 (Andamans)
• Surendra vivarna discalis Moore (Sri Lanka)

Food plants

Fabaceae (Acacia, Albizia, Paraserianthes) and it is facultatively attended by various ants.

See also

• Lycaenidae
• List of butterflies of India
• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

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