Acytolepis puspa

Common hedge blue
Acytolepis puspa gisca, Thailand
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Acytolepis
Species:
A. puspa
Binomial name
Acytolepis puspa
(Horsfield, 1828)
Synonyms
  • Lycaenopsis puspa

Acytolepis puspa, the common hedge blue, is a small butterfly found in Cambodia, India, Myanmar, Thailand, Malaysia, Singapur, Yunnan, Taiwan, Sri Lanka, Philippines, Borneo and New Guinea that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by Thomas Horsfield in 1828.