Pithecops fulgens
| Blue Quaker | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Pithecops |
| Species: | P. fulgens |
| Binomial name | |
| Pithecops fulgens Doherty 1889 | |
The Blue Quaker (Pithecops fulgens) is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.
Description
Male upperside- dark brown; medial two-thirds from base to disc of both fore and hind wings glossed with brilliant shining blue. Underside: very similar to the underside of Pithecops hylax, but on both fore and hind wings the transverse outer postdiscal line is ochraceous rather than pale brown; on the hind wing the inner postdiscal series of transverse spots is wanting and the large round subcostal black spot placed further towards the apex of the wing. Antennae, head, thorax and abdomen much as in P. hylax.
Female Upperside: blackish brown without any suffusion of blue. Underside: similar to that of the male - Cilia of fore wing pale, of hind wing white.[1]
References
- ↑ Bingham, C. T. 1907. Fauna of British India. Butterflies. Volume 2