Euaspa milionia

Water hairstreak
Euaspa milionia, male, set specimen, Nepal, Alan Cassidy photo.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Euaspa
Species:	E. milionia
Binomial name
Euaspa milionia (Hewitson, 1869)

Euaspa milionia, the water hairstreak, is a small butterfly found in India, Nepal and (E. m. formosana Nomura, 1931) Taiwan that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

See also

• https://www.researchgate.net/publication/373433875_New_Distribution_Record_of_Euaspa_milionia_Hewitson_1869_Lepidoptera_Lycaenidae_Theclinae_From_Sikkim_India
• List of butterflies of India
• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

References

• Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
• Gaonkar, Harish (1996). Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a Threatened Mountain System. Bangalore, India: Centre for Ecological Sciences.
• Gay, Thomas; Kehimkar, Isaac David; Punetha, Jagdish Chandra (1992). Common Butterflies of India. Nature Guides. Bombay, India: World Wide Fund for Nature-India by Oxford University Press. ISBN   978-0195631647.
• Haribal, Meena (1992). The Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and Their Natural History. Gangtok, Sikkim, India: Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
• Kunte, Krushnamegh (2000). Butterflies of Peninsular India. India, A Lifescape. Hyderabad, India: Universities Press. ISBN   978-8173713545.
• Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN   978-8170192329.