Hypolycaena thecloides

Brown tit
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Hypolycaena
Species: H. thecloides
Binomial name
Hypolycaena thecloides
(Felder and Felder, 1860)

Hypolycaena thecloides, the brown tit, is a small but striking butterfly found in India and South-East Asia that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

See also

References

  • "Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera".
  • Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.
  • Asahinet Photographs of correctly determined specimens of Hypolycaena thecloides from the Philippines


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