Catochrysops panormus
Species of butterfly
Catochrysops panormus , the silver forget-me-not ,[ 2] is a small butterfly found from India [ 2] to the Philippines and south to Australia [ 1] that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by Cajetan Felder in 1860.
Subspecies
Listed alphabetically:[ 1]
C. p. batchiana Tite, 1959 – Bachan , Halmahera , Obi
C. p. caerulea Tite, 1959 – New Hebrides
C. p. caledonica Felder – Loyalty Islands
C. p. exiguus (Distant, 1886) – India ,[ 2] Sumatra , Taiwan , southern Yunnan
C. p. panormus Sri Lanka , Indochina
C. p. papuana Tite, 1959 – Aru , West Papua , Papua , Bismarck Archipelago
C. p. platissa (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) – Torres Strait Islands , northern Australia - New South Wales (Byron Bay )
C. p. pura Tite, 1959 – Solomon Islands (not Rennell Island)
C. p. rennellensis Howarth, 1962 – Rennell Island
C. p. timorensis Tite, 1959 – Timor , Wetar , Kissar
The subspecies of Catochrysops panormus found in India are:[ 3]
C. p. exiguus Distant, 1886 – Malay silver forget-me-not
C. p. andamanica Tite, 1959 – Andaman silver forget-me-not
Gallery
See also
References
External links
Takanami, Yusuke & Seki, Yasuo (2001). "Genus Catochrysops " . A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae from the Philippines . Archived from the original on September 23, 2015 – via Internet Archive. With images.