Surendra quercetorum

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| name = Common acacia blue

| image = Common Acacia Blue, Surendra quercetorum (7171724868).jpg

| taxon = Surendra quercetorum

| authority = (Moore, 1857)[http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/theclinae/surendra/index.html Surendra] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

| synonyms = *Amblypodia quercetorum Moore, [1858]

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Surendra quercetorum, the common acacia blue, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm(in Simla Hills - Assam, Burma, South Bihaar, China, Vietnam).

The larvae feed on Acacia pennata and Acacia caesia.

Subspecies

  • Surendra quercetorum quercetorum Moore, 1857 (S.Yunnan, Uttarakhand to N.E. India){{cite web|title=Surendra quercetorum Moore, 1857 – Common Acacia Blue|url=http://www.ifoundbutterflies.org/#!/sp/482/Surendra-quercetorum|accessdate=26 August 2017}}{{Cite book|url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/287980260|title=A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India|last1=R.K.|first1=Varshney|last2=Smetacek|first2=Peter|publisher=Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi|year=2015|isbn=978-81-929826-4-9|location=New Delhi|pages=109|doi=10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164}}
  • Surendra quercetorum neritos Fruhstorfer, 1907 (Vietnam)

Image:SurendraQuercetorumMaleUpFullAC1.JPG|Male, upperside from northern Thailand

Image:SurendraQuercetorumMaleUnFullAC1.JPG|Male, underside from northern Thailand

Image:QuercetorumMFUpUn 526 527 AC1.jpg|Male and female Courvoisier Collection, Basel

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