Loxura cassiopeia explained

Loxura cassiopeia is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.It was described by William Lucas Distant in 1884. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.^[1]

Subspecies

• Loxura cassiopeia cassiopeia (Peninsular Malaysia, Thailand)
• Loxura cassiopeia amatica Fruhstorfer, 1912 (northern Borneo, Palawan)
• Loxura cassiopeia numana Fruhstorfer, 1912 (western Sumatra)
• Loxura cassiopeia fuscicaudata Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Nias)
• Loxura cassiopeia batunensis Fruhstorfer, 1913 (Batu)
• Loxura cassiopeia yilma Fruhstorfer, 1926 (Mindanao)
• Loxura cassiopeia ptesia Riley, 1945 (Mentawi)
• Loxura cassiopeia takioi Hayashi, 1976 (Palawan)
• Loxura cassiopeia owadai Hayashi, 1976 (Mindanao)

External links

• Loxura at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Notes and References

1. [Adalbert Seitz|Seitz, A.]