Luthrodes pandava information

Plains Cupid
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Luthrodes
Species:	L. pandava
Binomial name
	Luthrodes pandava; (Horsfield, 1829)
Synonyms
	Lycaena pandava Horsfield, [1829]; Edales pandava; Chilades pandava; Catochrysops nicola Swinhoe, 1885; Catochrysops bengalia de Nicéville, 1885; Catochrysops vapanda Semper, 1890;

Left, upperside of female; right underside of male, from Adalbert Seitz

Luthrodes pandava^[2] also called the Plains Cupid^[3]^[1] or cycad blue, is a species of lycaenid butterfly found in South Asia,^[3] Myanmar, United Arab Emirates, Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Java, Sumatra and the Philippines.^[1] They are among the few butterflies that breed on cycads, known for their leaves being toxic to most vertebrates.^[4]

^ ^a ^b ^c Savela, Markku. "Luthrodes pandava (Horsfield, [1829])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 1, 2018.
^ Horsfield, Thomas (1829). Descriptive Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects Contained in the Museum of the Horourable East-India Company. London: East India Company. pp. 84–86.
^ ^a ^b 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. 143. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
^ Ravikanthachari Nitin; V.C. Balakrishnan; Paresh V. Churi; S. Kalesh; Satya Prakash; Krushnamegh Kunte (2018-04-10). "Larval host plants of the butterfies of the Western Ghats, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 10 (4): 11495–11550. doi:10.11609/jott.3104.10.4.11495-11550 – via JoTT.

[funet-1] Savela, Markku. "Luthrodes pandava (Horsfield, [1829])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved July 1, 2018.

[2] Horsfield, Thomas (1829). Descriptive Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects Contained in the Museum of the Horourable East-India Company. London: East India Company. pp. 84–86.

[Smetacek-3] 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. 143. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.

[4] Ravikanthachari Nitin; V.C. Balakrishnan; Paresh V. Churi; S. Kalesh; Satya Prakash; Krushnamegh Kunte (2018-04-10). "Larval host plants of the butterfies of the Western Ghats, India". Journal of Threatened Taxa. 10 (4): 11495–11550. doi:10.11609/jott.3104.10.4.11495-11550 – via JoTT.

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