Chilades parrhasius

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Indian Cupid
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Chilades parrhasius Male left.Female right.From Seitz
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C. parrhasius
Binomial name
Chilades parrhasius
Synonyms
  • Hesperia parrhasius Fabricius, 1793
  • Freyeria parrhasius
  • Lampides contracta Butler, 1880
  • Euchrysops contracta nila Evans, 1925
  • Euchrysops parrhasius minuta Evans, 1932

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The Indian Cupid (Chilades parrhasius) is a small butterfly that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family. It is found from Sri Lanka and India to southern Iran, central and eastern Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Yemen and Oman.[2]

Subspecies

  • Chilades parrhasius parrhasius
  • Chilades parrhasius nila Evans, 1925 (Sri Lanka)
  • Chilades parrhasius minuta (Evans, 1932) (Pakistan)

References

Sources

  • Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
  • Gaonkar, Harish (1996) Butterflies of the Western Ghats, India (including Sri Lanka) - A Biodiversity Assessment of a threatened mountain system. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society.
  • Gay,Thomas; Kehimkar,Isaac & Punetha,J.C.(1992) Common Butterflies of India. WWF-India and Oxford University Press, Mumbai, India.
  • Haribal, Meena (1994) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History.
  • Kunte,Krushnamegh (2005) Butterflies of Peninsular India. Universities Press.
  • Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.

See also


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