Surendra vivarna, the acacia blue, is a species of lycaenid or hairstreak butterfly found in Sri Lanka, India and the Indonesian islands as far as Sulawesi.Eliot J.N., in The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula, 4th Edition.Surendra at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Range Its range is similar to that of its genus, Surendra, except it is not recorded from China or the Philippines proper (where it is replaced by S. maniliana), but from Balabac, Palawan and the Calamian Islands.Vane-Wright R.I. & de Jong R. 2003. The Butterflies of Sulawesi.
Description
Subspecies Surendra vivarna amisena Hewitson, 1862, (South Burma, Thailand, Malaya, and Sumatra)Pinratana A. Butterflies in Thailand, Volume 4, 1981. Surendra vivarna palowna Staudinger, 1889, (Borneo)Seki Y. Butterflies of Borneo, Volume 2, No. 1, 1991. Surendra vivarna samina Fruhstorfer, 1904, (Sulawesi) Surendra vivarna agdistis Fruhstorfer (Nias) Surendra vivarna biplagiata Butler, 1883 (southern India) Surendra vivarna latimargo Moore, 1879 (Andamans) Surendra vivarna discalis Moore (Sri Lanka)
Food plants Fabaceae (Acacia, Albizia, Paraserianthes) and it is facultatively attended by various ants.
See also Lycaenidae List of butterflies of India List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)
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