Agriades asiatica
# Agriades asiatica

Agriades asiatica, the azure mountain blue, is a small butterfly found in the Himalayas that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

## Taxonomy

The butterfly was earlier known as Polyommatus asiatica or as Albulina asiatica.

## Range

The butterfly occurs in the Himalayas (Sikkim) and the Central Asian mountains.

## Cited references

* 1 2 Agriades at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms
* ↑ Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 228, ser no H22.15.
* ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Agriades asiatica​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum.
