| Miletus | |
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| Miletus rosei | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Miletinae |
| Tribe: | Miletini |
| Genus: | Miletus Hübner, [1819] |
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Miletus is a genus of butterflies sometimes called brownies.[1] Its species are found in the eastern Palearctic realm and the Indomalayan realm, and some stray east of the Wallace Line. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner around 1819. Miletus is the type genus of the subfamily Miletinae.
Miletus species groups,
sensu Eliot, 1961.
A - Boisduvali Gp. M. biggsii West Malaysia
B - Chinensis Gp. M. chinensis Thailand
C - Symethus Gp. M. symethus Brunei
D - Zinckenii Gp. M. gopara Singapore
All males
sensu Eliot, 1961.
A - Boisduvali Gp. M. biggsii West Malaysia
B - Chinensis Gp. M. chinensis Thailand
C - Symethus Gp. M. symethus Brunei
D - Zinckenii Gp. M. gopara Singapore
All males
Species
- boisduvali species group
- Miletus biggsii (Distant, 1884)
- Miletus boisduvali Moore, 1857
- Miletus cellarius (Fruhstorfer, 1913)
- Miletus drucei (Semper, 1888)
- chinensis species group
- Miletus bannanus Huang & Xue, 2004
- Miletus chinensis C. Felder, 1862
- Miletus croton (Doherty, 1889)
- Miletus gaesa (de Nicéville, 1895)
- Miletus mallus (Fruhstorfer, 1913)
- Miletus nymphis (Fruhstorfer, 1913)
- melanion species group
- Miletus bazilanus (Fruhstorfer, 1913)
- Miletus melanion C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865
- symethus species group
- Miletus ancon Doherty, 1889
- Miletus archilocus Fruhstorfer, 1913
- Miletus atimonicus Murayama & Okamura, 1973
- Miletus celinus Eliot, 1961
- Miletus gallus (de Nicéville, 1894)
- Miletus gigantes (de Nicéville, 1894)
- Miletus heracleion (Doherty, 1891)
- Miletus leos (Guérin-Ménéville, 1830)
- Miletus rosei Cassidy, 1995
- Miletus symethus (Cramer, [1777])
- Miletus takanamii Eliot, 1986
- zinckenii species group
- Miletus gaetulus (de Nicéville, 1894)
- Miletus gopara (de Nicéville, 1890)
- Miletus valeus (Fruhstorfer, 1913)
- Miletus zinckenii C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865
References
- ↑ Savela, Markku (September 28, 2016). "Miletus Hübner, [1819]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved April 24, 2020.
- Boisduval, J. B. (1836). In Roret, Suite à Buffon, Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Species général des Lépidoptères 1: xii + 690pp., 24 pls. Paris.
- Cassidy, A. C. (1995). "On the Miletini (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) of the Sulawesi Region". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan . 46: 1–12.
- Cramer, P. (1775–1780). De Uitlandsche Kapellen ... Asia, Africa en America ... Amsterdam, Baalde & Utrecht, 4 vols.
- Eliot, J. N. (1961). "An analysis of the genus Miletus Hübner (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)". Bulletin of the Raffles Museum. 26: 154–177, 24 figs.
- Eliot, J. N. (1986). "A review of the Miletini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology). 53 (1): 1–105.
- Fruhstorfer, H. (1909–1923). In Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. 9. Stuttgart.
- Hübner, J. (1816–1826). Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge. Augsberg.
- Horsfield, T. (1828–1829). A Descriptive Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Honourable East India Company. 144 pp., 8 pls. London.
External links
Media related to Miletus (Lycaenidae) at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Miletus at Wikispecies- "Taxonomy Browser: Miletus". Barcode of Life Data System (BOLD). Retrieved April 24, 2020. With images.
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