Lexias dirtea (Fabricius, 1793) - Dark Archduke

Subspecies in India

(1) Lexias dirtea khasiana (Swinhoe, [1893]) – Khasi Dark Archduke

  dirtea and khasiana have both been listed separately under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. This is taxonomically inaccurate since dirtea is represented in India only by the subspecies khasiana, not by the nominotypical subspecies, so either dirtea as a species or khasiana as a subspecies should be listed under Schedule II.

 

Photo Gallery and Species Biology

  dirtea and khasiana have both been listed separately under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972. This is taxonomically inaccurate since dirtea is represented in India only by the subspecies khasiana, not by the nominotypical subspecies, so either dirtea as a species or khasiana as a subspecies should be listed under Schedule II.
 
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Arunachal Pradesh3132
Assam941246122
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Dadra & Nagar Haveli UT
Daman & Diu UT
Delhi
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Jammu and Kashmir UT
Jharkhand
Karnataka
Kerala
Ladakh UT
Lakshadweep
Madhya Pradesh
Maharashtra
Manipur
Meghalaya118112
Mizoram3
Nagaland1
Odisha
Puducherry UT
Punjab
Rajasthan
Sikkim
Tamil Nadu
Tripura
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
West Bengal
Total1131322410175

Page citation

Anonymous 2024. Lexias dirtea (Fabricius, 1793) – Dark Archduke. In Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 4.12. Published by the Indian Foundation for Butterflies. URL: https://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/lexias-dirtea, accessed 2024/03/28.