Hypolycaena thecloides

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Brown Tit
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Superfamily: Papilionoidea Family: Lycaenidae Genus: Hypolycaena Species: H. thecloides
Binomial name
Hypolycaena thecloides (Felder and Felder, 1860)

The Brown Tit (Hypolycaena thecloides) is a small but striking butterfly found in India and South East Asia that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.

[edit] References

• Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera [1].
• Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.

[edit] External Links

• Asahinet Photographs of correctly determined specimens of Hypolycaena thecloides from the Philippines

[edit] See also

• Lycaenidae
• List of butterflies of India
• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)