Miletus chinensis longeana

Long's brownie
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Miletus
Species: M. chinensis
Subspecies: M. c. longeana
Trinomial name
Miletus chinensis longeana

Miletus chinensis longeana, Long's brownie,[1][2] is a small but striking butterfly found in India and Myanmar[3][4] that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Range

It ranges from Manipur in India to Myanmar.[3][4]

Status

The species is reported as not being rare by William Harry Evans[3] and as rare as per Mark Alexander Wynter-Blyth.[4]

Description

A small butterfly, 30 to 38 mm in wingspan. The upper forewing in both sexes has a prominent curved white discal band; the lower spots composing it are separate and sometimes coalesced in female. The apical area of the upper forewing is darker than the basal area. The dry-season form of the butterfly is white above except for the apex and a discal brown patch of the forewing and the costa on the hindwing.[4]

Taxonomy

The butterfly was earlier known as Gerydus longeana de Nicéville.[3] It was formerly treated as a species, but is now regarded as a subspecies of Miletus chinensis.

See also

Cited references

  1. ↑ Page on Markku Savela's site for genus Miletus (Lycaenidae).
  2. ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Miletus chinensis longeana". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 211, ser no H5.4.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 254. ISBN 978-8170192329.

References

Print

  • Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
  • Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.

Online

  • Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
  • "Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera".
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