Butterflies of J&K | Reasi Butterflies - Field Guide | 2021|

BUTTERFLIES  OF  J&K

Butterflies are Insects within the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. grownup butterflies have big, regularly brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight.

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Celastrina Sps.

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Anthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Famil: Lyceenidae
Genus: Celastrina

Celastrina is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae found in the Palearctic, Nearctic, Indomalayan and Australasian realms.

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Walnut Blue

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Anthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lyceenidae 
Genus: Chaetoprocta
Species: Odata

Chaetoprocta odata, the walnut blue, is a small butterfly found in India (Northwest India to Sikkim) and Afghanistan that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

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Red Flash

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Anthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lyceenidae 
Genus: Rapala
Species: Iarbus

Rapala iarbus, the common red flash is a species of lycaenid butterfly found in South and Southeast Asia.

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Pea Blue

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Anthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lyceenidae 
Genus: Lampides
Species: Boeticus

Lampides boeticus, the pea blue, or long-tailed blue is a small butterfly that belongs to the lycaenids or gossamer-winged family

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Green Copper

Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Anthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lyceenidae 
Genus: Lampides
Species: Boeticus

Lycaena kasyapa, the green copper, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1865.

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