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Neopithecops zalmora (Butler, [1870]) - Common Quaker

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(1) Neopithecops zalmora zalmora (Butler, [1870]) – Myanmar Common Quaker
(2) Neopithecops zalmora dharma (Moore, [1881]) – Sri Lankan Common Quaker
(3) Neopithecops zalmora andamanus Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983 – Andaman Common Quaker

Nacaduba spp. - - Lineblue spp.

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Nine species of Nacaduba occur in India. While some of them are easy to identify to a species level from images, some have to be inspected more closely, and a few have to be collected and dissected to inspect the male genitalia to confirm species identifications. This page hosts such images where species identities have not been determined yet. However, this image gallery will help experts on the website team as well as those externally affiliated to easily compare these images with already identified reference images and museum specimens.

Nacaduba pavana (Horsfield, [1828]) - Small Four-Lineblue

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(1) Nacaduba pavana pavana (Horsfield, [1828]) – Javan Small Four-Lineblue
(2) Nacaduba pavana vajuva Fruhstorfer, 1916 – Thai Small Four-Lineblue

Nacaduba pactolus (C. Felder, 1860) - Large Four-Lineblue

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(1) Nacaduba pactolus continentalis Fruhstorfer, 1916 – Continental Large Four-Lineblue
(2) Nacaduba pactolus andamanica Fruhstorfer, 1916 – Andaman Large Four-Lineblue
(3) Nacaduba pactolus macrophthalma (C. Felder, 1862) – Nicobar Large Four-Lineblue

Nacaduba kurava (Moore, [1858]) - Transparent Six-Lineblue

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(1) Nacaduba kurava canaraica Toxopeus, 1927 – Karwar Transparent Six-Lineblue
(2) Nacaduba kurava euplea Fruhstorfer, 1916 – Sikkim Transparent Six-Lineblue
(3) Nacaduba kurava sambalanga Tite, 1963 – Nicobar Transparent Six-Lineblue

Nacaduba hermus (C. Felder, 1860) - Pale Four-Lineblue

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(1) Nacaduba hermus sidoma Fruhstorfer, 1916 – Dakhan Pale Four-Lineblue
(2) Nacaduba hermus nabo Fruhstorfer, 1916 – Assam Pale Four-Lineblue
(3) Nacaduba hermus vicania Corbet, 1938 – Nicobar Pale Four-Lineblue

The subspecies vicania is legally protected in India under Schedule II of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

Nacaduba calauria (C. Felder, 1860) - Dark Six-Lineblue

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(1) Nacaduba calauria evansi Toxopeus, 1927 – Lankan Dark Six-Lineblue

Nacaduba beroe (C. & R. Felder, [1865]) - Opaque Six-Lineblue

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(1) Nacaduba beroe gythion Fruhstorfer, 1916 – Assam Opaque Six-Lineblue

Monodontides musina (Snellen, 1892) - Grey Hedge Blue

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(1) Monodontides musina musinoides (Swinhoe, 1910) – Myanmarese Grey Hedge Blue. It is also known as Swinhoe's Hedge Blue.

Megisba malaya (Horsfield, [1828]) - Malayan

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(1) Megisba malaya thwaitesi Moore, [1881] – Tailless Malayan. This was earlier treated as a distinct species on this website. Recent work (male genitalia and molecular sequencing) has confirmed this to be a subspecies of Megisba malaya – Malayan, after all.
(2) Megisba malaya sikkima Moore, 1884 – Variable Malayan
(3) Megisba malaya presbyter Fruhstorfer, 1918 – Andaman Malayan