Freyeria trochylus

Grass jewel
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Freyeria
Species:
F. trochylus
Binomial name
Freyeria trochylus
(Freyer, 1845)
Synonyms
  • Lycaena trochylus Freyer, 1845
  • Chilades trochylus (Freyer, 1845)
  • Lycaena parva Murray, 1874
  • Chilades trochylus var. grisea Aiger-Abafi, 1906
  • Chilades trochilus (lapsus)

Freyeria trochylus, the grass jewel, is a small butterfly found in Africa, Arabia (United Arab Emirates, Oman, Saudi Arabia), southern Europe (Bulgaria and Greece), India and southern Asia that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.