Thecla letha

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Watson's hairstreak
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Thecla
Species:
T. letha
Binomial name
Thecla letha
(Watson, 1896)

Thecla letha, the Watson's hairstreak, [1] [2] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

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Range

The butterfly occurs in India in Assam and extends to the Chin Hills and southern Shan states in Myanmar. [1]

See also

Cited references

  1. 1 2 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 250, ser no H41.5.
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Thecla letha". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index . Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 23, 2018.

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