Bindahara phocides, the plane, is a small butterfly found Indomalayan (including Sri Lanka, India) and Australasian realms that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Description
Subspecies The subspecies are: B. p. phocides Sikkim - Myanmar, Andaman, South Yunnan B. p. areca Nicobar B. p. fumata (Röber, 1887) Sulawesi, Talaud, Banggai, Sula B. p. moorei Fruhstorfer, 1904 Sri Lanka, south India "Male and female, similar to the nominate subspecies above and below in both sexes, except that on the upperside of the hindwing there is a narrow, terminal blue-green band from near the apex to vein 2." Recently elevated to species but uncertain, see discussion on inaturalist B. p. phocas Staudinger, 1889 Palawan B. p. chromis (Mathew, 1887) Bismarck Archipelago, Solomons B. p. isabella (Felder, 1860) Cape York - Townsville B. p. origenes Fruhstorfer, 1912 Philippines (Mindanao)
Biology The larva feeds on Salacia.
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See also List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)
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