| Common tinsel | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Catapaecilma |
| Species: | C. major |
| Binomial name | |
| Catapaecilma major (H. H. Druce, 1895) [1] | |
| Synonyms | |
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Catapaecilma major, the common tinsel, [2] [3] [4] is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1895. It is found in the Indomalayan realm. [5] [4] [2] [3] [6]
The two Bornean specimens (females) [of Catapaecilma elegans ] before me differ from Sikkim examples by the central band on the fore wing below being straight, not Y-shaped, as appears to be invariably the case in Indian specimens, also in those from Ceylon, and again from Sumatra. On such slight material I do not propose to admit at present that the Indian representatives belong to a distinct species (they are certainly not typical), but in the event of their requiring a name I would suggest major.
The larvae feed on Terminalia paniculata .
The subspecies are: [2] [3] [4]
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