''Nacaduba beroe'', the opaque six-line blue, is a

lycaenid Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...

butterfly found in

South South is one of the cardinal directions or Points of the compass, compass points. The direction is the opposite of north and is perpendicular to both east and west. Etymology The word ''south'' comes from Old English ''sūþ'', from earlier Pro ...

and

Southeast Asia Southeast Asia, also spelled South East Asia and South-East Asia, and also known as Southeastern Asia, South-eastern Asia or SEA, is the geographical United Nations geoscheme for Asia#South-eastern Asia, south-eastern region of Asia, consistin ...

. The species was first described by

Cajetan Felder Baron Cajetan von Felder (german: link=no, Cajetan Freiherr von Felder; 19 September 1814 – 30 November 1894) was an Austrian lawyer, entomologist and liberal politician. He served as mayor of Vienna from 1868 to 1878. Life and career Felder ...

and

Rudolf Felder Rudolf Felder (2 May 1842 in Vienna – 29 March 1871 in Vienna) was an Austrian jurist and entomologist. He was mainly interested in Lepidoptera, amassing, with his father, Cajetan Felder, a huge collection. Works *with Cajetan Felder, Lepidopte ...

in 1865. File:Life cycle of opaque sixlineblue by Balakrishnan Valappil (egg laying).jpg, Egg laying File:Life cycle of opaque sixlineblue by Balakrishnan Valappil (larva 2).jpg, Larvae File:Life cycle of opaque sixlineblue by Balakrishnan Valappil (pupa).jpg, Pupae File:NacadubaBeroeGythionMUpUnAC1.jpg, imago

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* With images. Nacaduba Butterflies described in 1865 Butterflies of Asia Taxa named by Cajetan von Felder Taxa named by Rudolf Felder {{Lycaenidae-stub