{{Short description|Species of butterfly}} {{Speciesbox | image = ContractaButler1880.JPG | image_caption = | taxon = Luthrodes contracta | authority = (Butler, 1880) | synonyms = * ''Lampides contracta'' <small>Butler, 1880</small> * ''Euchrysops contracta'' <small>(Butler, 1880)</small> * ''Chilades contracta'' <small>(Butler, 1880)</small> * ''Chilades lempkei'' <small>Blom, 1979</small> }}
'''''Luthrodes contracta''''', the '''small Cupid''',<ref name=funet>{{cite web |last=Savela |first=Markku |url=http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/luthrodes/#contracta |title=''Luthrodes contracta'' (Butler, 1880) |website=Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms |access-date=July 1, 2018}}</ref> is a small butterfly that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. It is found in southern Turan, southern Ghissar, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and southern, central and north-west India. The species was first described by Arthur Gardiner Butler in 1880.<ref name=funet/><ref>Bálint, Z. & Johnson, K., 1997. Reformation of the ''Polyommatus'' section with a taxonomic and biogeographic overview (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatini). ''Neue Entomologische Nachrichten'' 40: 7 (1-67). [http://www.zobodat.at/pdf/Neue-Entomologische-Nachrichten_40_0001-0068.pdf Full article (PDF)].</ref>
==See also== *List of butterflies of India *List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)
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Category:Polyommatini Category:Butterflies described in 1880 Category:Butterflies of Asia Category:Taxa named by Arthur Gardiner Butler
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