Blue Dandy

Laringa castelnaui

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae

Laringa castelnaui is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm. Subspecies Laringa castelnaui castelnaui, the Blue Dandy, (southern Burma to Peninsular Malaya, possibly Singapore) Laringa castelnaui ochus Fruhstorfer (Borneo) Laringa castelnaui ottonis Fruhstorfer (Palawan) Laringa castelnaui niha Fruhstorfer (Nias) Laringa castelnaui fruhstorferi de Nicéville (eastern Java) It ia a medium-sized, brown butterfly with lobed wings. Males may be metallic blue on the upper side.

Distribution

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Sources and credits

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Blue Dandy

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