Everes lacturnus
Everes lacturnus | |
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In Chinnar Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala, India | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Everes |
Species: | E. lacturnus |
Binomial name | |
Everes lacturnus (Godart, [1824]) | |
Everes lacturnus, the Indian Cupid,[1] is a small butterfly found in the Australasia and Indomalaya realms that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.[1]
Description
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.
Subspecies
The subspecies of Everes lacturnus are-[3][1]
- Everes lacturnus syntala Cantlie, 1963 – Gujarat southwards to Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.
- Everes lacturnus assamica Tytler, 1915 – Himachal Pradesh to N.E. India; Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
- Everes lacturnus pila Evans, 1925 – Andamans & Nicobars Is. (All Nicobars).
- In Kinnerasani Wildlife Sanctuary, Andhra Pradesh
- Zebra blue (Leptotes plinius), Indian Cupid (Everes lacturnus) and tiny grass blue (Zizula gaika) on cow dung
- Mating pair
- Mating pair
References
- 1 2 3 R.K., Varshney; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. p. 136. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
- ↑ Tytler, Harry Christopher (1915). "Notes on some new and interesting butterflies from Manipur and the Naga Hills". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 23 (2): 122.
- ↑ "Everes lacturnus Godart, 1824 – Oriental Cupid". Retrieved 9 July 2017.
External links
- Asahi Correctly determined photos of Everes specimens from the Philippines
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