Hypolycaena thecloides

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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)

The Brown Tit (Hypolycaena thecloides) is a small but striking butterfly found in India and South East Asia that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.

References

  • Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera .
  • Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.

External links

  • Asahinet Photographs of correctly determined specimens of Hypolycaena thecloides from the Philippines

See also

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