Surendra quercetorum (Moore, 1857) is a animal in the Lycaenidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

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Surendra quercetorum (Moore, 1857)

Surendra quercetorum (Moore, 1857)

The common acacia blue, Surendra quercetorum, is a lycaenid butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm whose larvae feed on two acacia species.

Family
Genus
Surendra
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Surendra quercetorum (Moore, 1857)

Surendra quercetorum, commonly known as the common acacia blue, is a species of lycaenid, or blue, butterfly. It is found in the Indomalayan realm, across locations including the Simla Hills, Assam, Burma, South Bihar, China, and Vietnam. The larvae of this species feed on Acacia pennata and Acacia caesia.

Photo: (c) Anil Kumar Verma, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Anil Kumar Verma · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Lycaenidae Surendra

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Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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