- Chliaria kina
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Blue Tit 
at Samsing in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India. Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Lycaenidae Genus: Chliaria (disputed) Species: C. kina Binomial name Chliaria kina
(Hewitson, 1869)Synonyms Hypolycaena kina Hewitson, 1869 (but see text)
The Blue Tit is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Asia. It was traditionally called Chliaria kina[1] but the genus Chliaria is merged into Hypolycaena by many recent authors.
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Description
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Hindwing has two tails, UN of both sexes pale grey, markings of same color, but black-edge. Pattern of markings pattern similar to Orchid Tit Chliaria othona. No spot of costa above mid-cell on UNF. Male pale blue UP. UPF the costa of UPH broadly black bordered, with inner area of borders violet-shot. Female dark brown on UP, with white discal area; veins of UPH dark.[2]
Distribution
SunthlekholaDistribution records of Chliaria kina in IndiaStatus
Locally not rare[2]
Habits
Life cycle
Cited references
- ^ Card for Chliaria kina in LepIndex. Accessed 09 January 2009.
- ^ a b The Book of Indian Butterflies by Isaac Kehimkar 2008 Bombay Natural History Society ISBN 019 569620 4
See also
References
- Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex.
- Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India
- Haribal, Meena (1992) Butterflies of Sikkim Himalaya and their Natural History. Sikkim Nature Conservation Foundation.
- Savela, Marrku Website on Lepidoptera [1] (accessed 12 October 2007)
- Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
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