Surendra vivarna


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.

Range

Its range is similar to that of its genus, Surendra, except it is not recorded from China or the Philippines proper, but from Balabac, Palawan and the Calamian Islands.

Subspecies

Surendra vivarna amisena Hewitson, 1862, Surendra vivarna palowna Staudinger, 1889, Surendra vivarna samina Fruhstorfer, 1904, Surendra vivarna agdistis Fruhstorfer Surendra vivarna biplagiata Butler, 1883 Surendra vivarna latimargo Moore, 1879 Surendra vivarna discalis Moore

Food plants

Fabaceae and it is facultatively attended by various ants.