Chilades parrhasius

Indian Cupid
Chilades parrhasius Male left.Female right.From Seitz
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Chilades
Species: C. parrhasius
Binomial name
Chilades parrhasius
(Fabricius 1793)[1]
Synonyms
  • Hesperia parrhasius Fabricius, 1793
  • Freyeria parrhasius
  • Lampides contracta Butler, 1880
  • Euchrysops contracta nila Evans, 1925
  • Euchrysops parrhasius minuta Evans, 1932

The Indian Cupid (Chilades parrhasius) is a small butterfly that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family. It is found from Sri Lanka and India to southern Iran, central and eastern Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Yemen and Oman.[2]

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