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 (Distant, 1884) – Peninsular Malaya, Singapore P. d. lila Moore, – northern India, Assam, Myanmar, Thailand P. d. devana H. H. Druce, 1895 – northern Borneo P. d. devadatta (Fruhstorfer, 1912) – southern Borneo P. d. cartena (Fruhstorfer, 1912) – western Java P. d. methara (Fruhstorfer, 1912) – eastern Java P. d. devula Corbet, 1942 – Hong Kong P. d. christina Schröder & Treadaway, 1998 – Philippines: Luzon
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