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

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

M. c. learchus

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

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  1. ↑ Miletus at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera


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