''Chilades parrhasius'', the small Cupid,
[ is a small ]butterfly
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that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. It is found in Nepal,southern Turan
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, southern Ghissar, Iran
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, Afghanistan
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, Pakistan
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, Sri Lanka
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and southern, central and north-west India
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.
Description
File:Chilades parrhasius parrhasius larva (3).jpg, larva
File:Chilades parrhasius parrhasius pupa.jpg, pupa
File:Chilades parrhasius parrhasius - Small Cupid 7.jpg, upper side (male)
File:Chilades parrhasius parrhasius - Small Cupid FEMALE 5.jpg, upper side (female)
Subspecies
*''Chilades parrhasius parrhasius'' (India)[
*''Chilades parrhasius nila'' Evans, 1925 (Sri Lanka)
*''Chilades parrhasius minuta'' (Evans, 1932) (Pakistan)
]
See also
*List of butterflies of India
The following is a list of the butterflies of India.
India has extremely diverse terrain, climate and vegetation, which comprises extremes of heat cold, desert and jungle, of low-lying plains and the highest mountains, of dryness and dampness, i ...
*List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)
This is a list of the butterflies of India belonging to the family Lycaenidae and an index to the species articles. This forms part of the full List of butterflies of India.
This list is based on Evans (1932) and includes 318 species bel ...
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Chilades
Butterflies of Asia
Butterflies described in 1793
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