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Cupido lacturnus, the Indian Cupid,[1] is a small butterfly found in the Australasian and Indomalayan realms that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.[1]
| Indian Cupid | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Cupido |
| Species: | C. lacturnus
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| Binomial name | |
| Cupido lacturnus (Godart, [1824])
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Description
editHarry Tytler described C. l. assamica on 1915 as:
Male. Upperside: Compared to Chilades parrhasius, black border much broader on both wings. Female. Upperside: the discal greyish-blue patch on forewing much reduced, darker and hardly visible; hindwing rather darker. Underside: similar.
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Mating pair
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Subspecies
editThe subspecies of Cupido lacturnus are:[3][1]
- Cupido lacturnus syntala Cantlie, 1963 – Gujarat southwards to Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.
- Cupido lacturnus assamica Tytler, 1915 – Himachal Pradesh to N.E. India; Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.
- Cupido lacturnus pila Evans, 1925 – Andamans & Nicobars Is. (All Nicobars).
References
edit- ^ a b c R.K., Varshney; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. p. 136. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
- ^ Tytler, Harry Christopher (1915). "Notes on some new and interesting butterflies from Manipur and the Naga Hills". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 23 (2): 122.
- ^ "Everes lacturnus Godart, 1824 – Oriental Cupid". Retrieved 9 July 2017.