Chilades parrhasius

Small Cupid
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Chilades
Species:	C. parrhasius
Binomial name
	Chilades parrhasius; (Fabricius 1793)
Synonyms
	Hesperia parrhasius Fabricius, 1793; Freyeria parrhasius; Lampides contracta Butler, 1880; Euchrysops contracta nila Evans, 1925; Euchrysops parrhasius minuta Evans, 1932;

Chilades parrhasius, the Small Cupid, 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.

Subspecies

Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
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Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.

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