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Brown tit
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Clade:	Pancrustacea
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Hypolycaena
Species:	H. thecloides
Binomial name
Hypolycaena thecloides (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860)

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.

The upperside ground colour is brown. The hindwing has two pairs of tails and black-spotted orange tornal area. The greyish-white underside has orange brown post-discal bands, and the apical area is shaded orange. It is found in Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Nicobars, Burma, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Malaya and the Philippines.

See also

• List of butterflies of India
• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)

References

• Savela, Markku (December 18, 2018). "Hypolycaena thecloides (C. & R. Felder, 1860)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
• Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329. {{cite book}}: ISBN / Date incompatibility (help)