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Scientific Name : Euchrysops cnejus
Family : Lycaenidae
Order : Lepidoptera
Class : Insecta
Phylum : Arthropoda
Habitat : Open space,Vegetation
Description : The male butterfly has a pale purplish upper side with a bluish shade. The forewing has a slender black anteciliary line, and the hindwing has two subterminal black spots with white and ochraceous edges. The underside is silver-grey with brown spots outlined in white. The female has a dark brown upper side with blue areas on both wings. The hindwing has a series of white spots and a black anteciliary line. The underside markings are similar to the male, with additional metallic bluish-green scaling on the tornal spots. Both genders have dark brown antennae, head, thorax, and abdomen, while the underside of the palpi, thorax, and abdomen is white.
Distribution in Bangladesh
Other Species from Group
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Spalgis epius
(Apefly) -
Arhopala centaurus
(Centaur Oakblue) -
Megisba malaya
(Malayan) -
Zizeeria karsandra
(Dark Grass Blue) -
Discolampa ethion
(Banded Blue Pierrot) -
Chilades lajus
(Lime Blue) -
Jamides alecto
(Metalic Cerulean) -
Prosotas lutea
(Brown Lineblue) -
Dacalana penicilligera
(Double-tufted Royal) -
Curetis thetis
(Indian Sunbeam)
References:
description written by:Razia Sultana Setu,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a work now in the public domain: Bingham, Charles Thomas (1907). Fauna of British India. Butterflies Vol. 2. pp. 415–416.photo credit & copyright: Syed Abbas,Birdwing,Bangladesh.more information please contact with us.
description written by:Razia Sultana Setu,Department of Zoology,University of Dhaka;information source:IUCN Red List Bangladesh-2015, One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a work now in the public domain: Bingham, Charles Thomas (1907). Fauna of British India. Butterflies Vol. 2. pp. 415–416.photo credit & copyright: Syed Abbas,Birdwing,Bangladesh.more information please contact with us.