Global InformationChliaria othona information
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Chliaria |
| Species: | C. othona
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| Chliaria othona (Hewitson, 1865)
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Chliaria othona, the orchid tit,[2][3] is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Asia.[4][5][3][6]
The orchid tit is one of the rare butterflies belonging to the family Lycaenidae (Kehimkar, 2008). This butterfly is fairly common in northern India, but was reported to be very rare in southern India. In India, Chliaria othona is distributed in the Western Ghats, Uttaranchal to Arunachal Pradesh, the northeast, West Bengal and the Andaman Islands. It was also reported from Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar. The species prefers wet forests of up to 1524 meters altitude from the mean sea level and occasionally visits damp patches for mud-puddling.[7] The caterpillars of orchid tit feed on the flower buds and flowers of orchids,[8][9] hence the name.
- ^ Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Chliaria othona". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 19, 2018.
- ^ a b Savela, Markku. "Chliaria othona (Hewitson, 1865)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
- ^ R.K., Varshney; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. p. 119. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
- ^ "Hypolycaena othona Hewitson, 1865 – Orchid Tit". Retrieved 26 August 2017.
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: Swinhoe, Charles (1911–1912). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. IX. Vol. 9. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. pp. 78–80.
- ^ Mathew, George (2011). A Handbook on the Butterflies of Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (PDF). Thrissur: KFRI Research Report.
- ^ Kehimkar, Issac (2008). The Book of Indian Butterflies. Bombay: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 9780195696202.
- ^ Arjun, C.P.; et al. (2013). "Occurrence of the Oriental Orchid Tit Butterfly (Chliaria othona Hewitson) in the Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, Kerala". Malabar Trogon. 13 (1–3): 31 – via Researchgate.
