''Elkalyce diporides'', the Chapman's 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

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that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

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* * * * * * diporides Butterflies of Asia Taxa named by Thomas Algernon Chapman Butterflies described in 1909 {{Lycaenidae-stub