Cupido lacturnus

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]

Cupido lacturnus
In Sri Lanka
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cupido
Species:
C. lacturnus
Binomial name
Cupido lacturnus
(Godart, [1824])

Description

Harry 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.

— Harry Tytler[2]
  • Upper side (male)
    Upper side (male)
  • Upper side (female)
    Upper side (female)
  • Under side (male)
    Under side (male)
  • Under side (female)
    Under side (female)
  • Mating pair
    Mating pair

Subspecies

The 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
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. "Everes lacturnus Godart, 1824 – Oriental Cupid". Retrieved 9 July 2017.


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