Thecla letha
| Watson's Hairstreak | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| 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 family or Blues family.
Range
The butterfly occurs in India in Assam and extends to the Chin Hills and southern Shan states in Myanmar.[1][2]
Cited references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H41.5, pp 250.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Thecla genus.
- ↑ Card for letha in LepIndex. Accessed 16 Jun 2007.
See also
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 .
- Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.