Miletus chinensis longeana

Long's Brownie
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Miletus
Species: M. chinensis
Trinomial name
Miletus chinensis longeana
(de Nicéville, 1898)

The Long's Brownie (Miletus chinensis longeana)[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

Reported as Not Rare by Evans.[3] Rare as per 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.

Cited references

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

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