Satyrium sassanides, the white-line hairstreak, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
White-line hairstreak | |
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Male, female and underside of male | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Satyrium |
Species: | S. sassanides
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Binomial name | |
Satyrium sassanides (Kollar 1850)[verification needed]
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Synonyms | |
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References
edit- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.