Lepidoptera > Papilionoidea > Lycaenidae > Polyommatinae > Polyommatini > Nacaduba
Nacaduba pactolus (C. Felder, 1860) – Large Four-Lineblue
Subspecies in India:
(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
(2) Nacaduba pactolus andamanica Fruhstorfer, 1916 – Andaman Large Four-Lineblue
(3) Nacaduba pactolus macrophthalma (C. Felder, 1862) – Nicobar Large Four-Lineblue
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- Early stages
- Distribution
- Identification
- Status, Habitat and Habits
- Larval Host Plants
- References
Nacaduba pactolus continentalis – Continental Large Four-Lineblue
Early Stages:
Indian and global distribution:
records (based on images):
Larval Host Plants:
Entada rheedii (V.C. Balakrishnan pers. obs. 2017) (Fabaceae).
Key Reference:
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Nitin, R., V. C. Balakrishnan, P. V. Churi, S. Kalesh, S. Prakash, and K. Kunte. 2018. Larval host plants of the butterflies of the Western Ghats, India. Journal of Threatened Taxa, 10:11495–11550.
For the complete list of larval host plants of Indian butterflies, see the page on larval host plants.
Identification:
Sexual, seasonal & individual variation:
Status, Habitat and Habits:
References:
Lepidoptera > Papilionoidea > Lycaenidae > Polyommatinae > Polyommatini > Nacaduba
Cite this page along with its URL as:
Anonymous. 2020. Nacaduba pactolus (C. Felder, 1860) – Large Four-Lineblue. Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy (Chief Editors). Butterflies of India, v. 3.00. Indian Foundation for Butterflies.
http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/sp/645/Nacaduba-pactolus
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