Niphanda cymbia

Pointed Pierrot
Underside of female, from Adalbert Seitz
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Niphanda
Species:
N. cymbia
Binomial name
Niphanda cymbia

Niphanda cymbia, the pointed Pierrot, is a small butterfly found in northern India (Sikkim to Assam), Burma and northern Borneo (N. c. reter Druce, 1895) that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.