Catapaecilma major

Catapaecilma major

Catapaecilma major
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Catapaecilma
Species:	C. major
Binomial name
*Catapaecilma major* (Druce, 1895) ^[1]
Synonyms
Catapoecilma major anais Fruhstorfer, 1915 Catapoecilma elegans emas Fruhstorfer, 1912 Catapoecilma major tyana Fruhstorfer, 1915 Catapoecilma elegans myosotina Fruhstorfer, 1912 Tajuria major moltrechti Wileman, 1908 Catapoecilma elegans sophonias Fruhstorfer, 1912 Catapoecilma major sophonias Fruhstorfer, 1915

Catapaecilma major, the common tinsel, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1895. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.^[2]

The larvae feed on Terminalia paniculata.

Subspecies

Catapaecilma major major (northern India to Burma, northern Thailand)
Catapaecilma major albicans Corbet, 1941 (Burma, Thailand, Laos)
Catapaecilma major emas Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, southern Thailand)
Catapaecilma major callone (Fruhstorfer, 1915) (southern India)
Catapaecilma major myosotina Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Sri Lanka, southern India)
Catapaecilma major sedina (Fruhstorfer, 1915) (north-eastern Sumatra)
Catapaecilma major moltrechti (Wileman, 1908) (Taiwan)
Catapaecilma major sophonias Fruhstorfer, 1912 (western Java)

↑ Druce, H. H., 1895. A monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1895(3): 556–627, 4 pls
↑ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.

"Catapaecilma Butler, 1879" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Wikispecies has information related to: Catapaecilma major

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.