Udara albocaerulea

Udara albocaerulea, the albocerulean, is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Frederic Moore in 1879. It is found from India (Simla to Assam) to Myanmar, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Japan.

Udara albocaerulea
U. a. sauteri
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Udara
Species:	U. albocaerulea
Binomial name
Udara albocaerulea (Moore, 1879)
Synonyms
Polyommatus albocaeruleus Moore, 1879 Cyaniris albocaeruleus Lycaenopsis albocaerulea Celastrina albocaerulea Cyaniris ceyx amadis Fruhstorfer, 1910 Lycaenopsis albocoeruleus sauteri Fruhstorfer, 1917 Celastrina scharffi Corbet, 1937 Celastrina albocaerulea yamanotoi Murayama, 1953

Subspecies

• U. a. albocaerulea (Yunnan)
• U. a. scharffi (Corbet, 1937) (western Malaysia)
• U. a. sauteri (Fruhstorfer, 1917) (Taiwan) (Udara sauteri is a synonym of Udara albocaerulea)^[1])
• U. a. yamanotoi (Murayama, 1953) (Japan)