Sinthusa nasaka

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Narrow spark
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Sinthusa nasaka ogatai
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Domain: Eukaryota
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.

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