Chilades pandava Horsfield

Pathania, P. C., Mangat, H. K. & Sidhu, A. K., 2018, Studies on butterfly diversity (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) from Punjab Agricultural University Campus, Ludhiana, Punjab, India, Records of the Zoological Survey of India 118 (1), pp. 75-90 : 79

4. Chilades pandava Horsfield (Photo 4a, b)

Lycaena pandava Horsfield, [1829] , Descr. Cat. lepid. Ins. (2): 84 ( Lycaena ).

Material examined: (17♂♂ 13♀♀). India: Punjab : Orchard (PAU) 12.viii.2015, Sachin and P.C. Pathania (1♂) .

Distribution: It is found in Peninsular India south of the outer ranges of the Himalayas, Ceylon, Assam, Burma and extending into the Malayan Subregion ( Talbot, 1939). Host plant: Cycadaceae , Fabaceae and Ulmaceae (Saji et al., 2017) .

V. Genus: Catochrysops Boisduval