Miletus biggsii

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Bigg's Brownie
Museum specimen from Malaya
Museum specimen from Malaya
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Papilionoidea
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Miletus
Species: M. biggsii
Binomial name
Miletus biggsii
(Distant, 1884)

Bigg's Brownie (Miletus biggsii)[1][2] is a small butterfly found in India and Myanmar[3][4] that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.

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[edit] Range

It is found in Kodagu (Coorg) in India , Myanmar[3][4],Thailand, Langkawi, Malaya, Tioman, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Belitung and Weh.

[edit] Status

Very rare in Kodagu (single record). Rare in Myanmar as per Wynter-Blyth.[3][4]

[edit] 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].

[edit] Taxonomy

The butterfly was earlier known as Gerydus biggsii Distant[3].

[edit] Cited references

  1. ^ Page on Marrku Savela's site for genus Miletus (Lycaenidae).
  2. ^ Card for species biggsii in LepIndex. Accessed 05 December 2006.
  3. ^ a b c d Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H5.5, pg 211.
  4. ^ a b c d Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, pg 254.

[edit] References

  • Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex [accessed 05 December 2006].
  • Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
  • Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera [1].
  • Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.

[edit] References

Print

  • Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. 2nd Ed, (i to x, pp454, 9 figs, Plates I to XXXII), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
  • Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.

Online

  • Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. [2] (accessed 26 September 2007).
  • Savela, Marrku Website on Lepidoptera [3] (accessed 26 September 2007)

[edit] See also

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