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Cupido lacturnus

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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]

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.

— Harry Tytler^[2]

Upper side (male)
Upper side (female)
Under side (male)
Under side (female)
Mating pair

Subspecies

The subspecies of Cupido lacturnus are:^[3]^[1]

Cupido lacturnus syntala Cantlie, 1963 – Gujarat southwards to Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.
Cupido lacturnus assamica Tytler, 1915 – Himachal Pradesh to N.E. India; Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
Cupido lacturnus pila Evans, 1925 – Andamans & Nicobars Is. (All Nicobars).

References

^ ^a ^b ^c 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.

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Cupido lacturnus: Brief Summary

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Cupido lacturnus, the Indian Cupid, is a small butterfly found in the Australasian and Indomalayan realms that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

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