Purple leaf blue | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Amblypodia |
Species: | A. anita |
Binomial name | |
Amblypodia anita Moore,1862 |
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Synonyms | |
Horsfieldia anita |
Horsfieldia anita
Amblypodia anita, the purple leaf blue or leaf blue, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in South Asia and Southeast Asia.Ceylon, Peninsular India - Bombay, Madhya Pradesh, Orissa,Bihar, Bengal, Assam,- Burma, Malaysia, Java