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Spindasis Wallengren 1857

Silverlines, Barred Blues

Andrew V. Z. Brower
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Containing group: Aphnaeinae

Introduction

A widespread Paleotropical genus, with species ranging from west Africa to Japan and Sulawesi. Many species are ant-associated.

Discussion of Phylogenetic Relationships

Heath (1997) included Spindasis within Cigaritis.

Other Names for Spindasis Wallengren 1857

References

Ackery, P. R., Smith, C. R. & Vane-Wright, R. I. (ed.) 1995 Carcasson's African butterflies. Canberra: CSIRO.

Corbet, A. S., Pendlebury, H. M. & Eliot, J. N. 1992 The butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. Kuala Lumpur: Malayan Nature Society.

Heath, A. 1997 A review of the African genera of the tribe Aphnaeini (Lepidoptera; Lycaenidae). Metamorphosis, Occasional Supplement 2, 1-60.

Larsen, T. B. 1991 The butterflies of Kenya and their natural history. Oxford, U. K.: Oxford University Press.

Larsen, T. B. 2005 Butterflies of West Africa. Stenstrup, Denmark: Apollo Books.

Vane-Wright, R. I. & de Jong, R. 2003 The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. Zoologische Verhandelingen 343, 1-267.

Information on the Internet

Title Illustrations
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Scientific Name Spindasis vulcanus
Location Bangalore, India
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source Image:VB 029 Common Silverline UN.jpg
Source Collection Wikimedia Commons
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Copyright © 2007 Vijaybarve
Scientific Name Spindasis syama
Location Taiwan
Specimen Condition Live Specimen
Source 三斑虎灰蝶(三星雙尾燕蝶)Spindasis syama (Horsfield)
Source Collection Flickr
Image Use creative commons This media file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License - Version 2.0.
Copyright © 2007 ashung
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