Lycaenidae
Cheritra freja (Fabricius, 1793)
Cheritra freja (Fabricius, 1793)
Cheritra freja is a brown-banded butterfly with tailed hindwings and pale yellow to white undersides with black edges.
Drupadia ravindra (Horsfield, 1829)
Drupadia ravindra (Horsfield, 1829)
Drupadia ravindra is a butterfly species found in South East Asian rainforests, with distinct coloration between males and females.
Drupadia theda (Felder, 1862)
Drupadia theda (Felder, 1862)
Drupadia theda, the dark posy, is an Indomalayan lycaenid butterfly whose larvae feed on many plant genera and are attended by Crematogaster ants.
Ticherra acte (Moore, 1857)
Ticherra acte (Moore, 1857)
Ticherra acte, the blue imperial, is the only species of the monotypic lycaenid genus Ticherra, a small butterfly found in India and South-East Asia.
Loxura atymnus (Cramer, 1782)
Loxura atymnus (Cramer, 1782)
Loxura atymnus is a butterfly species described in detail across its male, female, egg, caterpillar, and pupal life stages.
Eooxylides tharis Geyer, 1837
Eooxylides tharis Geyer, 1837
The branded imperial (Eooxylides tharis) is a Lycaenidae butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm, described in 1837 by Carl Geyer.
Yasoda tripunctata (Hewitson, 1863)
Yasoda tripunctata (Hewitson, 1863)
Yasoda tripunctata, the branded yamfly, is a Lycaenidae blue butterfly found across parts of Asia.
Rathinda amor (Fabricius, 1775)
Rathinda amor (Fabricius, 1775)
Rathinda amor is a South Asian endemic butterfly with distinct wing markings that feeds on a range of common plant groups.
Horaga onyx (Moore, 1857)
Horaga onyx (Moore, 1857)
Horaga onyx is a blue butterfly with a wingspan of 27–33 mm found across South and Southeast Asia in thick hilly forests.
Horaga syrinx (Felder, 1860)
Horaga syrinx (Felder, 1860)
The yellow onyx (Horaga syrinx) is a lycaenid hairstreak butterfly found across parts of the Indomalayan realm and New Guinea.
Horaga albimacula (Wood-Mason & De Nicéville, 1881)
Horaga albimacula (Wood-Mason & De Nicéville, 1881)
The violet onyx (Horaga albimacula) is a lycaenid blue butterfly found in the Indomalayan realm.
Jalmenus evagoras (Donovan, 1805)
Jalmenus evagoras (Donovan, 1805)
Jalmenus evagoras is a metallic blue Australian butterfly with sporadic populations along the country's east coast.
Jalmenus icilius (Hewitson, 1865)
Jalmenus icilius (Hewitson, 1865)
Jalmenus icilius is a Lycaenidae butterfly found in mainland Australia, with a 30 mm wingspan and larvae attended by Iridomyrmex rufoniger ants.
Jalmenus ictinus (Hewitson, 1865)
Jalmenus ictinus (Hewitson, 1865)
Jalmenus ictinus, the Ictinus blue or stencilled hairstreak, is a 30 mm wingspan Lycaenidae butterfly found across eastern Australia.
Zesius chrysomallus Hübner, 1823
Zesius chrysomallus Hübner, 1823
Zesius chrysomallus is a butterfly with described male/female wing morphology, larvae hosted by Terminalia catappa and Smilax zeylanica.
Pseudalmenus chlorinda (Blanchard)
Pseudalmenus chlorinda (Blanchard)
Pseudalmenus chlorinda, the silky hairstreak, is a butterfly native to south-eastern Australia.
Tomares ballus (Fabricius, 1787)
Tomares ballus (Fabricius, 1787)
Tomares ballus is a small butterfly found in southwestern Europe and North Africa, with larvae feeding on multiple legume genera.
Cupido cissus (Godart, 1823)
Cupido cissus (Godart, 1823)
Cupidopsis cissus, the common meadow blue, is a Lycaenidae butterfly found across most of sub-Saharan Africa.
Cupidopsis jobates (Hopffer, 1855)
Cupidopsis jobates (Hopffer, 1855)
The tailed meadow blue (Cupidopsis jobates) is a Lycaenidae butterfly found across most of sub-Saharan Africa.
Heliophorus epicles (Godart, 1823)
Heliophorus epicles (Godart, 1823)
The purple sapphire (Heliophorus epicles) is an Asian lycaenid blue butterfly found from the Himalayas to southern Myanmar.
Heliophorus brahma (Moore, 1857)
Heliophorus brahma (Moore, 1857)
Golden sapphire (Heliophorus brahma) is a small lycaenid butterfly found in India, first described in 1857.
Heliophorus sena (Kollar, 1844)
Heliophorus sena (Kollar, 1844)
Sorrel sapphire (Heliophorus sena) is a small lycaenid blue butterfly found in India.
Lycaena bleusei Oberthür, 1884
Lycaena bleusei Oberthür, 1884
The Iberian sooty copper Lycaena bleusei is a lycaenid butterfly found in the Iberian Peninsula, with larvae feeding on dock plants.
Lycaena dispar (Haworth, 1803)
Lycaena dispar (Haworth, 1803)
Lycaena dispar is a sexually dimorphic lycaenid butterfly found across wetland habitats of Eurasia.
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