Miletus biggsii

Bigg's brownie
Museum specimen from Malaya
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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

Miletus biggsii, the Bigg's brownie,[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

It is very rare in Kodagu (a single record) and rare in Myanmar as per Mark Alexander 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] Eliot provisionally placed the single specimen from Kodagu in Miletus nymphis.[5]

Subspecies

  • Miletus biggsii biggsii (southern Burma, Thailand, Langkawi, Malay Peninsula, Tioman, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Belitung, Weh)
  • Miletus biggsii albotignula (van Eecke, 1914) (Simalur)
  • Miletus biggsii natunensis (Fruhstorfer, 1916) (Natuna Islands)
  • Miletus biggsii niasicus (Fruhstorfer, 1913) (Nias Island, Batu Island)

Notes

  1. ^ Page on Markku Savela's site for genus Miletus (Lycaenidae).
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Miletus biggsii​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. . Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  3. ^ a b c d Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 211, ser no H5.5.
  4. ^ a b c d Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 254. ISBN 978-8170192329.
  5. ^ Eliot, J. N., 1961. An analysis of the genus Miletus Hübner (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bull. Raffles. Mus. 26: 154-177, p164.

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