Thecla letha

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Watson's Hairstreak
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Superfamily: Papilionoidea Family: Lycaenidae Genus: Thecla Species: T. letha
Binomial name
Thecla letha (Watson, 1896)

The Watson's Hairstreak (Thecla letha)^[1][2][3] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.

Contents 1 Range 2 Cited references 3 See also 4 References

[edit] Range

The butterfly occurs in India in Assam and extends to the Chin hills and southern Shan states in Myanmar.^[1][2]

[edit] Cited references

1. ^ ^{a b} Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H41.5, pp 250.
2. ^ ^{a b} Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Thecla genus.
3. ^ Card for letha in LepIndex. Accessed 16 Jun 2007.

[edit] See also

• Lycaenidae
• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

[edit] References

• Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex.
• Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
• Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera [1].
• Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.