Pratapa deva
Pratapa deva, the white royal, is a lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1857.
Description
Subspecies
There are nine subspecies:- P. d. deva – southern India, Sri Lanka
- P. d. relata – Peninsular Malaya, Singapore
- P. d. lila Moore, – northern India, Assam, Myanmar, Thailand
- P. d. devana H. H. Druce, 1895 – northern Borneo
- P. d. devadatta – southern Borneo
- P. d. cartena – western Java
- P. d. methara – eastern Java
- P. d. devula Corbet, 1942 – Hong Kong
- P. d. christina Schröder & Treadaway, 1998 – Philippines: Luzon