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Bright Green-Underwing
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Bright Green-Underwing

Pamiria chrysopis

Pamiria chrysopis, also known as the golden green underwing, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in Central Asia and the Himalayas. It was described by Grigorii Efimovitsch Grum-Grshimailo in 1888.

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Description

This species is very similar to Pamiria chitralensis, but the blue on the upperside is darker in chrysopis. The upperside of the male is violet blue with dark brown borders, while the female is brown and violet blue at the base. The underside forewing of both sexes is greyish-white and tinged with brown,while the hindwing has a green metallic shimmer.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 1008517.