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Cupido lacturnus | |
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In Sri Lanka | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Cupido |
Species: | C. lacturnus |
Binomial name | |
Cupido lacturnus (Godart, [1824]) | |
Cupido lacturnus, the Indian Cupid, [1] is a small butterfly found in the Australasian and Indomalayan realms that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. [1]
Harry Tytler described C. l. assamica on 1915 as:
Male. Upperside: Compared to Chilades parrhasius , black border much broader on both wings. Female. Upperside: the discal greyish-blue patch on forewing much reduced, darker and hardly visible; hindwing rather darker. Underside: similar.
The subspecies of Cupido lacturnus are: [3] [1]
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