Nacaduba cyanea: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Genus
- Nacaduba
- Species
- Nacaduba cyanea
- Scientific Name
- Nacaduba cyanea
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Nacaduba cyanea
Nacaduba cyanea, the tailed green-banded line-blue, is a species of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae, and formerly considered a member of the genus Danis. It is found in the Indonesia (Irian Jaya, Maluku), Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands and Australia (Queensland).
The wingspan is about 30 mm. Adult males are blue with a dark brown wing margin, with a pale blue to white patch on the hindwing. Females are white, with a black border around the wings and a row of blue-edged black spots.
The larvae feed on Entada phaseoloides and Entada scandens. They are bright green, with pale brown heads. The larvae are attended to by ants of the genus Anonychomyrma. Pupation takes place in a brown pupa with dark markings.
...Nacaduba cyanea in languages:
- English
- Tailed Green-banded Line Blue
- English
- Green-banded Line-blue
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Nacaduba angusta
- Nacaduba berenice
- Nacaduba beroe
- Nacaduba biocellata
- Nacaduba cajetani
- Nacaduba calauria
- Nacaduba cyanea
- Nacaduba deplorans
- Nacaduba dyopa
- Nacaduba hermus
- Nacaduba kurava
- Nacaduba limbura
- Nacaduba major
- Nacaduba neaira
- Nacaduba niueensis
- Nacaduba normani
- Nacaduba ollyetti
- Nacaduba pactolus
- Nacaduba pavana
- Nacaduba pendleburyi
- Nacaduba ruficirca
- Nacaduba russelli
- Nacaduba sanaya
- Nacaduba sericina
- Nacaduba sinhala
- Nacaduba subperusia
- Nacaduba tahitiensis
- Nacaduba tristis






























































































































































