Lycaenopsis minima, the tiny hedge blue,[1][2] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Tiny hedge blue
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Lycaenopsis
Species:
L. minima
Binomial name
Lycaenopsis minima
(Evans, 1932)

Range

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It is found from Manipur in India to the Dawna Hills of Myanmar.[1]

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Cited references

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  1. ^ a b Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. pp. 221–226, ser no H21.8.
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Lycaenopsis minima​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 8, 2018.

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