Shiva's sunbeam | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Curetis |
Species: | C. siva
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Binomial name | |
Curetis siva Evans, 1954.
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Curetis siva,[1] the Shiva sunbeam,[2] is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Asia.[2][3]
It can be distinguished by the underside hindwing stria in space 6 almost in line with stria in space 5. Female with white areas.[3]