Luthrodes contracta

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| taxon = Luthrodes contracta

| authority = (Butler, 1880)

| synonyms = * Lampides contracta Butler, 1880

• Euchrysops contracta (Butler, 1880)
• Chilades contracta (Butler, 1880)
• Chilades lempkei Blom, 1979

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Luthrodes contracta, the small Cupid,{{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}} 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.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)].