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Satyrium sassanides, the white-line hairstreak, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
| White-line hairstreak | |
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| Male, female and underside of male | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Satyrium |
| Species: | S. sassanides |
| Binomial name | |
| Satyrium sassanides | |
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References
edit- Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
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