Sinthusa nasaka
Sinthusa nasaka, the narrow spark, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
| Narrow spark | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Sinthusa |
| Species: | S. nasaka |
| Binomial name | |
| Sinthusa nasaka (Horsfield 1829) | |
Range: India to Taiwan, including Sundaland, the Philippines and Sulawesi (Hong Kong, Fujian, Guangxi and Hainan), Sikkim to Burma, Thailand, Laos, India (Meghalaya, Alipurduar, Darjeeling, Jalpaiguri and Nagaland), Bangladesh and Sunderland.
References
- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
- Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.
- Shihan, T.R. (2015). A New Record of Butterfly Sinthusa nasaka Horsfield, 1829 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) for Bangladesh. Journal of Entomology and Zoology Studies 3(4): 120-123
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