Sinthusa nasaka

Narrow spark
Sinthusa nasaka ogatai
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Sinthusa
Species:	S. nasaka
Binomial name
Sinthusa nasaka (Horsfield 1829)

Sinthusa nasaka, the narrow spark, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Range: India to Taiwan, including Sundaland, the Philippines and Sulawesi (Hong Kong, Fujian, Guangxi and Hainan), Sikkim to Burma, Thailand, Laos, India (Meghalaya, Alipurduar, Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri and Nagaland), Bangladesh and Sunderland.

See also

• 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.
• Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN   978-8170192329.
• Shihan, T.R. (2015). A New Record of Butterfly Sinthusa nasaka Horsfield, 1829 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) for Bangladesh. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 3(4): 120-123