Tongeia kala
| Tongeia kala | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Tongeia |
| Species: | T. kala |
| Binomial name | |
| Tongeia kala (de Nicéville, 1890) | |
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Tongeia kala, also known as the black cupid, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in North-east India and nearby regions. It was described by Lionel de Nicéville in 1890.[1] This species is monotypic.[2]
Description
[edit]The upperside of both wings is blackish. The forewing has an oval shaped dark-black spot. The hindwing has a series of submarginal black spots. The tail is small, black in color and tipped with white. The underside of both wings in plumbeous gray. The forewing has a series of six distinct deep black spots. The hindwing has a series of similar spots in a convex line across the wing.[1]
This species differs from Tongeia fischeri in having five sub basal spots on the hindwing.[1]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 Marshall, G. F. L. (George Frederick Leycester); Nicéville, Lionel de (1882). The butterflies of India, Burmah and Ceylon. A descriptive handbook of all the known species of rhopalocerous Lepidoptera inhabiting that region, with notices of allied species occurring in the neighbouring countries along the border; with numerous illustrations. Smithsonian Libraries. Calcutta : Central Press Co., ld.
- ↑ "Tongeia". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2026-03-04.
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