Peacock hairstreak | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Thecla |
Species: | T. pavo
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Binomial name | |
Thecla pavo (de Nicéville, 1887)
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Thecla pavo, the peacock hairstreak,[1][2] is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
The butterfly occurs in Indian Himalayas from Bhutan to Nagaland.[1]