Biology:Luthrodes contracta

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Luthrodes contracta
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Luthrodes
Species:
L. contracta
Binomial name
Luthrodes contracta
(Butler, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Lampides contracta Butler, 1880
  • Euchrysops contracta (Butler, 1880)
  • Chilades contracta (Butler, 1880)
  • Chilades lempkei Blom, 1979

Luthrodes contracta, the small Cupid,[1] is a small butterfly that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. It is found in southern Turan, southern Ghissar, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan , Sri Lanka and southern, central and north-west India . The species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1880.[1][2]

See also

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Savela, Markku. "Luthrodes contracta (Butler, 1880)". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/luthrodes/#contracta. 
  2. Bálint, Z. & Johnson, K., 1997. Reformation of the Polyommatus section with a taxonomic and biogeographic overview (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatini). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 40: 7 (1-67). Full article (PDF).

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