Miletus biggsii

Bigg's Brownie
Museum specimen from Malaya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Miletus
Species: M. biggsii
Binomial name
Miletus biggsii
(Distant, 1884)
Synonyms
  • Gerydus biggsii Distant, 1884
  • Gerydus boisduvali albotignula van Eecke, 1914
  • Gerydus boisduvali simalurensis Toxopeus, 1928
  • Gerydus boisduvali xeragis Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Gerydus boisduvali hyllus Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Gerydus biggsii sebethus Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Gerydus biggsii extraneus Toxopeus, 1929
  • Gerydus biggsii natunensis Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Gerydus biggsii niasicus Fruhstorfer, 1913
  • Gerydus biggsii batunensis Fruhstorfer, 1913

Bigg's Brownie (Miletus biggsii)[1][2] is a small butterfly found in India and Myanmar[3][4] that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.

Range

It is found in Kodagu (Coorg) in India, Myanmar,[3][4] Thailand, Langkawi, Malaya, Tioman, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Belitung and Weh.

Status

Very rare in Kodagu (single record). Rare in Myanmar as per Wynter-Blyth.[3][4]

Description

A small butterfly, 32 to 38 mm in wingspan. The upper forewing in both sexes has a broad white discal band which is straight, coalesced and comprises at least one-fourth of the wing.[4]

Taxonomy

The butterfly was earlier known as Gerydus biggsii Distant.[3]

Subspecies

See also

Notes

  1. Page on Marrku Savela's site for genus Miletus (Lycaenidae).
  2. Card for species biggsii in LepIndex. Accessed 5 December 2006.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H5.5, pg 211.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, pg 254.

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