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Cupido lacturnus | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Cupido |
Species: | C. lacturnus
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Binomial name | |
Cupido lacturnus (
Godart, [1824])
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Cupido lacturnus, the Indian Cupid, [1] is a small butterfly found in the Australasian and Indomalayan realms that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. [1]
Harry Tytler described C. l. assamica on 1915 as:
Male. Upperside: Compared to Chilades parrhasius, black border much broader on both wings. Female. Upperside: the discal greyish-blue patch on forewing much reduced, darker and hardly visible; hindwing rather darker. Underside: similar.
The subspecies of Cupido lacturnus are: [3] [1]
![]() | You can help expand this article with text translated from
the corresponding article in French. (March 2024) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
|
Cupido lacturnus | |
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![]() | |
In Sri Lanka | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Cupido |
Species: | C. lacturnus
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Binomial name | |
Cupido lacturnus (
Godart, [1824])
|
Cupido lacturnus, the Indian Cupid, [1] is a small butterfly found in the Australasian and Indomalayan realms that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. [1]
Harry Tytler described C. l. assamica on 1915 as:
Male. Upperside: Compared to Chilades parrhasius, black border much broader on both wings. Female. Upperside: the discal greyish-blue patch on forewing much reduced, darker and hardly visible; hindwing rather darker. Underside: similar.
The subspecies of Cupido lacturnus are: [3] [1]