Thecla pavo
| Peacock Hairstreak | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Thecla |
| Species: | T. pavo |
| Binomial name | |
| Thecla pavo (De Nicéville, 1887) | |
The Peacock Hairstreak (Thecla pavo)[1][2][3] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.
Range
The butterfly occurs in Indian Himalayas from Bhutan to Nagaland.[1][2]
Cited references
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H41.3, pp 249.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on Thecla genus.
- ↑ Card for pavo 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.