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Notarthrinus

Notarthrinus is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. It is monotypic, containing only Notarthrinus binghami, the Chapman's hedge blue, a small butterfly found from Assam in India to northern Myanmar.

Last revised
Jun 18, 2026
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Length
164 w
Citations
3
Source
Chapman's hedge blue
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Notarthrinus
Chapman, 1908
Species:
N. binghami
Binomial name
Notarthrinus binghami
Chapman, 1908
Synonyms
  • Lycaenopsis binghami (Chapman, 1908)

Notarthrinus is a butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. It is monotypic, containing only Notarthrinus binghami,12 the Chapman's hedge blue, a small butterfly found from Assam in India to northern Myanmar.3

Cited references

  1. "Notarthrinus Chapman, 1908" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Notarthrinus binghami​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
  3. Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. pp. 221–226, ser no H21.21.
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