Chliaria kina

Chliaria kina
At Samsing in Darjeeling district of West Bengal, India
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Chliaria
Species:
C. kina
Binomial name
Chliaria kina
(Hewitson, 1869)
Synonyms
  • Hypolycaena kina Hewitson, 1869 (but see text)

The blue tit is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in parts of South Asia and Southeast Asia. It was traditionally called Chliaria kina but the genus Chliaria is merged into Hypolycaena by many recent authors.