| Eastern grass jewel | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Freyeria |
| Species: | F. putli |
| Binomial name | |
| Freyeria putli | |
| Synonyms | |
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Freyeria putli, the eastern grass jewel or small grass jewel, [2] or oriental grass jewel [3] is a small butterfly found in Ceylon, Myanmar, India and Australia that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. [2] [4] [5]
Frederic Moore (1880) gives a detailed description:
Male. Upperside violet-brown : hindwing with indistinct marginal pale-bordered black spots. Cilia cinereous-white. Underside cinereous-brown : forewing with a white-bordered brown discocellular spot, a transverse discal and a submarginal row of similar spots : hindwing with a white-bordered black costal spot, four transverse subbasal spots and one near base of abdominal margin ; a white-bordered brown discocellular spot and a transverse discal row of similar spots, a marginal row of six prominent black conical spots speckled with metallic-green, the outer one at each end less distinct, each bordered by ochreous-yellow and above by a double white lunular line. Female. Upperside similar, the marginal spots on hindwiag slightly bordered with ochreous ; markings of underside more distinct.
Mycalesis oculus, the red-disc bushbrown, is a satyrine butterfly found in southern India. It is similar in markings to Mycalesis adolphei but distinguished by the reddish band around the large apical spots on the upper forewings.
Abaratha ransonnetii, commonly known as the golden angle, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae. It was first described by Baron Cajetan von Felder in 1868.
Appias lalage, the spot puffin, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in India, Indochina and Hainan.
Appias indra, the plain puffin, is a small butterfly of the family Pieridae, that is, the yellows and whites, which is found in south and southeast Asia.
Freyeria trochylus, the grass jewel, is a small butterfly found in Africa, Arabia, southern Europe, India and southern Asia that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Euthalia lubentina, the gaudy baron, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in South, Cambodia, and Southeast Asia. It was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1777.
Athyma perius, the common sergeant, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in South Asia and Southeast Asia.
Rohana parisatis, the black prince, is a species of butterfly of the family Nymphalidae found in Indomalayan realm.
Mycalesis subdita, the Tamil bushbrown, is a satyrine butterfly found in south India and Sri Lanka. It is not resolved whether this is a good species or is a subspecies of Mycalesis visala.
Nacaduba pactolus, the large four-line blue, is a species of lycaenid butterfly found in Indomalayan realm.
Junonia almana, the peacock pansy, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in Cambodia and South Asia. It exists in two distinct adult forms, which differ chiefly in the patterns on the underside of the wings; the dry-season form has few markings, while the wet-season form has additional eyespots and lines. It is listed as Least Concern in the IUCN Red List.
Plebejus christophi, the small jewel blue, is a small butterfly found in Asia that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Lethe rohria, the common treebrown, is a species of satyrine butterfly found in Asia.
Melanitis phedima, the dark evening brown, is a species of butterfly found flying at dusk. The flight of this species is erratic. They are found in south and southeast Asia.
Cirrochroa thais, also known as the Tamil yeoman, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in forested areas of tropical Sri Lanka and India. It is the state insect of Tamil Nadu, an Indian state.
Neptis nata, the clear sailer or dirty sailer, is a species of nymphalid butterfly found in south and southeast Asia.
Zizeeria karsandra, the dark grass blue, is a small butterfly first described by Frederic Moore in 1865. It is found from the southern Mediterranean, in a broad band to India, Sri Lanka, the Andaman and Nicobar islands, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Yunnan, Indonesia, the Philippines, Arabia, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Oman, New Guinea and northern and eastern Australia. It belongs to the lycaenids or blues family, and the tribe Polyommatini.
Junonia iphita, the chocolate pansy or chocolate soldier, is a butterfly found in Asia.
Abisara bifasciata, the double-banded Judy or twospot plum Judy, is a butterfly in the family Riodinidae. It is found in Asia.
Charaxes psaphon, plain tawny rajah, is a butterfly in the family Nymphalidae. It was described by John Obadiah Westwood in 1847. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain : Swinhoe, Charles (1905–1910). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. VII. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. p. 275. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain : Moore, Frederic (1880). The Lepidoptera of Ceylon. Vol. I. London: L. Reeve & co. pp. 77–78.