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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Luthrodes |
| Species: | L. contracta
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| Luthrodes contracta (Butler, 1880)
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- ^ a b Savela, Markku. "Luthrodes contracta (Butler, 1880)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
- ^ 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).