Red Imperial

Suasa lisides

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae

Suasa is a monotypic butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae erected by Lionel de Nicéville in 1890. Its only species, Suasa lisides, the red imperial, was first described by William Chapman Hewitson in 1863. It is a small butterfly first known from India.

Distribution

Red Imperial — (c) Rejoice Gassah, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Sources and credits

Photo(c) Rejoice Gassah, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionSuasa (butterfly), Wikipedia contributors

Red Imperial

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