Luthrodes contracta
Species of butterfly
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Luthrodes contracta, the small Cupid,[1] is a small butterfly that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. It is found in southern Turan, southern Ghissar, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and southern, central and north-west India. The species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1880.[1][2]
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Luthrodes |
| Species: | L. contracta |
| Binomial name | |
| Luthrodes contracta (Butler, 1880) | |
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