Ticherra acte (Moore, 1857) is a animal in the Lycaenidae family, order Lepidoptera, kingdom Animalia. Not known to be toxic.

Photo of Ticherra acte (Moore, 1857) (Ticherra acte (Moore, 1857))
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Ticherra acte (Moore, 1857)

Ticherra acte (Moore, 1857)

Ticherra acte, the blue imperial, is the only species of the monotypic lycaenid genus Ticherra, a small butterfly found in India and South-East Asia.

Family
Genus
Ticherra
Order
Lepidoptera
Class
Insecta

About Ticherra acte (Moore, 1857)

Ticherra is a monotypic genus belonging to the Lycaenidae family, which is also known as the blues family. The only species in this genus is Ticherra acte, commonly called the blue imperial. This is a small butterfly that can be found in India and South-East Asia.

Photo: (c) Birdman S Chakrabarty, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC), uploaded by Birdman S Chakrabarty · cc-by-nc

Taxonomy

Animalia Arthropoda Insecta Lepidoptera Lycaenidae Ticherra

More from Lycaenidae

Sources: GBIF, iNaturalist, Wikipedia, NCBI Taxonomy · Disclaimer

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