Miletus chinensis

Miletus chinensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Miletus
Species:	M. chinensis
Binomial name
Miletus chinensis C. Felder, 1862[1]
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 Lycaenidae family. It is found in Asia.

Miletus chinensis learchus

Subspecies

• Miletus chinensis chinensis (Yunnan to south-eastern China and Hainan)
• Miletus chinensis assamensis (Doherty, 1891) (Kumaon to Assam and Sikkim)
• Miletus chinensis learchus C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865 (Indo-China, Thailand, Burma, northern Malaya)
• Miletus chinensis longeana (de Nicéville, 1898) (Manipur, Burma) —Long's Brownie

References

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