Hypolycaena thecloides
| Brown Tit | |
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| 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
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hypolycaena thecloides. |
- Asahinet Photographs of correctly determined specimens of Hypolycaena thecloides from the Philippines