Ancema ctesia
# Ancema ctesia

Ancema ctesia, the bi-spot royal, is a species of blue butterfly (Lycaenidae) found in Pakistan and India.

The larvae feed on Viscum articulatum.

## Subspecies

The following subspecies are recognised:

* Ancema ctesia ctesia (Sikkim, Assam, Thailand, Peninsular Malaya, possibly Bhutan and Burma)
* Ancema ctesia agalla (Fruhstorfer, 1912) (Thailand, Laos, southern Yunnan, Sichuan)
* Ancema ctesia cakravasti (Fruhstorfer, 1909) (Taiwan)
* male Thailand
* male India Courvoisier collection
* Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera Plate 20
