Miletus chinensis

Miletus chinensis, the common brownie, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Asia (Indomalayan realm)

M. c. learchus

Miletus chinensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Miletus
Species:
M. chinensis
Binomial name
Miletus chinensis
Synonyms
  • Gerydus irroratus var. assamensis Doherty, 1891 (wet-season form)
  • Gerydus boisduvali milvius Fruhstorfer, 1913
  • Miletus learchus C. & R. Felder, 1865 (wet-season form)
  • Miletus irroratus H. Druce, 1874
  • Miletus archilochus kelantanus Corbet, 1938
  • Gerydus longeana de Nicéville, 1898
  • Miletus chinensis longeana Eliot, 1961

Subspecies
  • M. c. chinensis (Yunnan to south-eastern China and Hainan)
  • M. c. assamensis (Doherty, 1891) (Kumaon to Assam and Sikkim)
  • M. c. learchus C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865 (Indo-China, Thailand, Burma, northern Malaya)
  • M. c. longeana (de Nicéville, 1898) (Manipur, Burma) — Long's brownie

References
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Miletus chinensis.
Wikispecies has information related to Miletus chinensis.
  1. Miletus at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.