''Cupido lacturnus'', the Indian Cupid,
[ is a small ]butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The group comprises ...
found in the Australasian
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and Indomalayan realms that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Description
Harry Tytler
Major-General Sir Harry Christopher Tytler KCB CMG CIE DSO (26 September 1867 – 16 May 1939) was a British Indian Army officer who specialised in running lines of communication, and also an amateur naturalist.Biography, '' Who Was Who ...
described ''C. l. assamica'' on 1915 as:
File:Everes lacturnus syntala - Indian Cupid male (2).jpg, Upper side (male)
File:Everes lacturnus syntala - Indian Cupid female (2).jpg, Upper side (female)
File:Everes lacturnus syntala - Indian Cupid male (1).jpg, Under side (male)
File:Everes lacturnus syntala - Indian Cupid female (1).jpg, Under side (female)
File:Indian cupid 3.jpg, Mating pair
Subspecies
The subspecies of ''Cupido lacturnus'' are:[
* ''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
Cupido (butterfly)
Butterflies of Singapore
Butterflies described in 1824
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