Dark Tit

Hypolycaena thecloides

"Hypolycaena thecloides", the brown tit, is a small but striking butterfly found in India and South-East Asia that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by Cajetan Felder and Rudolf Felder in 1860.
Taxonomy
KingdomAnimalia
DivisionArthropoda
ClassInsecta
OrderLepidoptera
FamilyLycaenidae
GenusHypolycaena
SpeciesH. thecloides
Photographed in
Indonesia