Euchrysops cnejus

Gram blue
Male
Female
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Euchrysops
Species:
E. cnejus
Binomial name
Euchrysops cnejus
(Fabricius 1798)
Synonyms
  • Hesperia cnejus Fabricius, 1798
  • Lycaena pandia Kollar, [1844]
  • Lycaena patala Kollar, [1844]
  • Lycaena monica Reakirt, 1866
  • Lycaena samoa Herrich-Schäffer, 1869
  • Cupido amazara Kirby, 1871
  • Catochrysops hapalina Butler, 1883
  • Catochrysops trifracta Butler, 1884
  • Catochrysops theseus Swinhoe, 1885
  • Euchrysops suffusus Rothschild, 1915
  • Euchrysops cnidus Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914
  • Catochrysops vitiensis Butler, 1883
  • Plebejus luzonicus Röber, 1886

Euchrysops cnejus, the gram blue, is a small butterfly that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. It is found from India to Australia. The species was first described by Johan Christian Fabricius in 1798.

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