---
title: "Plains Cupid"
description: "Luthrodes pandava — Insekten & Spinnen. Luthrodes pandava also called the Plains Cupid or cycad blue, is a species of lycaenid butterfly found in South Asia, Myanmar, United Arab Emirates, Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Java, Sumatra and the Philippines."
canonical: https://animalchecklist.com/de/animal/plains-cupid
last_updated: 2026-09-20
---

# Plains Cupid

> Luthrodes pandava — Insekten & Spinnen. Luthrodes pandava also called the Plains Cupid or cycad blue, is a species of lycaenid butterfly found in South Asia, Myanmar, United Arab Emirates, Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Java, Sumatra and the Philippines.

- Scientific name: *Luthrodes pandava*
- Category: `insects` (Insekten & Spinnen)
- Habitats: unknown
- iNaturalist observations: 16774
- Wikidata: [Q65941001](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65941001)
- iNaturalist taxon: [1097646](https://www.inaturalist.org/taxa/1097646)

## Names

- en: Plains Cupid

## Countries with the most observations

IN (4807), SG (2250), HK (2034), CN (907), JP (769), MY (514), IL (456), TH (326), TW (266), ID (262), VN (237), MO (174)

## Summary

Luthrodes pandava also called the Plains Cupid or cycad blue, is a species of lycaenid butterfly found in South Asia, Myanmar, United Arab Emirates, Indochina, Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, Java, Sumatra and the Philippines. They are among the few butterflies that breed on cycads, known for their leaves being toxic to most vertebrates.

Text: Wikipedia (en), CC BY-SA 4.0 — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luthrodes_pandava

## Photo

![Plains Cupid](https://animalchecklist.com/img/animals/plains-cupid/medium.jpg)

Photo: Ellyne Geurts · CC0 · inaturalist — https://www.inaturalist.org/observations/364749897

## Machine access

`GET https://animalchecklist.com/api/v1/animals/plains-cupid?lang=de` — see [openapi.json](https://animalchecklist.com/openapi.json).