| Blue Tit | |
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| at Samsing in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India. | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Chliaria (disputed) |
| Species: | C. kina |
| Binomial name | |
| Chliaria kina (Hewitson, 1869) |
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| Synonyms | |
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Hypolycaena kina Hewitson, 1869 (but see text) |
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The Blue Tit is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Asia. It was traditionally called Chliaria kina[1] but the genus Chliaria is merged into Hypolycaena by many recent authors.
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Hindwing has two tails, UN of both sexes pale grey, markings of same color, but black-edge. Pattern of markings pattern similar to Orchid Tit Chliaria othona. No spot of costa above mid-cell on UNF. Male pale blue UP. UPF the costa of UPH broadly black bordered, with inner area of borders violet-shot. Female dark brown on UP, with white discal area; veins of UPH dark.[2]
Locally not rare[2]