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.

Quick Facts Brown tit, Scientific classification ...

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

Close

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

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Hypolycaena thecloides.

• 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.

This Theclinae-related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

• v
• t
• e