学名:Deudorix epijarbas (Moore, 1857)玳灰蝶,又名夏灰蝶、恒春小灰蝶、龙眼绯灰蝶、荔枝灰蝶,为灰蝶科玳灰蝶属的模式种。中型灰蝶。展翅约35至40毫米。有雌雄二型性。躯体背侧黑褐色,在雄蝶泛朱色;腹侧黄白色而于各体节有黑色横条。前翅翅顶尖,前缘弧形。后翅卵形,CuA2脉末端有细长尾突。臀区叶状突发达,上有橙色及黑色斑纹组成之眼斑。翅背面底色黑褐色,雄蝶前、后翅均有明亮朱色斑。雌蝶底色黑褐色。翅腹面底色褐色,前、后翅各有一两侧镶白线之斑列,后翅斑列于CuA2脉成V字形。前、后翅中室端有一两侧镶白线之短条。CuA1室有黑斑与橙色环形成之眼状斑。臀区有金属色蓝纹及橙色纹。沿外缘有模糊暗色带。缘毛褐色。▲卵
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亚种与分类 Subspecies and Taxonomy亚种有:
D. e. epijarbas,南印度,斯里兰卡;
D. e. ancus Fruhstorfer, 1912,印度北部;
D. e. amatius Fruhstorfer, 1912,阿萨姆邦到泰国北部,印度支那;
D. e. cinnabarus Fruhstorfer, 1912,泰国南部至巽他兰;
D. e. terenzius Fruhstorfer,尼亚斯;
D. e. enganicus Fruhstorfer,Enggano;
D. e. mesarchus Fruhstorfer, 1912,小巽他群岛;
D. e. corolianus Fruhstorfer, 1912,菲律宾巴拉望;
D. e. megakles Fruhstorfer, 1912,苏拉威西;
D. e. menesicles Fruhstorfer, 1912,台湾;
D. e. dido Waterhouse, 1934,凯恩斯库兰达;
D. e. biaka Joicey & Talbot,比亚克;
D. e. turbo Fruhstorfer,摩鹿加群岛、怀格、米苏尔、凯、西伊里安至巴布亚、马纳姆、塔古拉;
D. e. diovella Waterhouse, 1920,斐济。
栖息在常绿阔叶林、果园。一年多代。成蝶飞行敏捷,有访花性,雄蝶会至湿地吸水。幼虫食性多元,以多种无患子科、山龙眼科、柿树科、豆科植物为食。广泛分布于东亚、东南亚各地以及印度北部、澳洲东北部。
Deudorix epijarbas, the cornelian or hairy line blue, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in south and southeast Asia from India to Fiji, including the Philippines, and also the tropical coast of Queensland in Australia. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1857.在神秘的大自然面前,我们无知的像个孩子......