Euaspa pavo

Peacock hairstreak
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Euaspa
Species:	E. pavo
Binomial name
Euaspa pavo (de Nicéville, 1887)

Euaspa pavo, the peacock hairstreak, ^{[1] [2]} is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Range

The butterfly occurs in Indian Himalayas from Bhutan to Nagaland. ^[1]

See also

• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

Cited references

1. Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 249, ser no H41.3.
2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Euaspa pavo​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 23, 2018.

References

• Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
• Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
• "Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera".
• Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN   978-8170192329.