• Local names

• Language	Vernacular name
  English	Cycad Blue
  English	Plain Cupid
  English	Plains Cupid
  മലയാളം	മാരൻശലഭം
  ไทย	ฟ้าหิ่งห้อยสีคล้ำ
  中文	曲纹紫灰蝶
  日本語	クロマダラソテツシジミ
  한국어	소철꼬리부전나비

• Synonyms and other combinations

• Latin name	Author
  Chilades pandava	Horsfield, 1829
  Edales pandava	Horsfield, 1829
  Lycaena pandava	Horsfield, 1829
  Catochrysops bengalia	de Nicéville, 1885
  Catochrysops nicola	Swinhoe, 1885
  Catochrysops vapanda	Semper, 1899

• Luthrodes pandava is a member of the clade Luthrodes cleotas:

• Species	Author
  Luthrodes boopis	(Fruhstorfer, 1897)
  Luthrodes buruana	(Holland, 1900)
  Luthrodes cleotas	(Guérin-Méneville, [1831])
  Luthrodes mindora	(C. & R. Felder, [1865])
  Luthrodes pandava	(Horsfield, [1829])
  Luthrodes peripatria	Hsu, 1989

• Links

• Language	Website	Authors
  	African Butterfly Database
  	Butterflies of India	Kunte, K., S. Sondhi, and P. Roy
  	Butterflies of Indo-China	Y.Inayoshi
  	Lepiforum e. V.

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