| Bigg's brownie | |
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| Museum specimen from Malaya | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Miletus |
| Species: | M. biggsii |
| Binomial name | |
| Miletus biggsii (Distant, 1884) | |
| Synonyms | |
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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.
It is found in Kodagu (Coorg) in India, Myanmar, [3] [4] Thailand, Langkawi, Malaya, Tioman, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Belitung and Weh.
It is very rare in Kodagu (a single record) and rare in Myanmar as per Mark Alexander Wynter-Blyth. [3] [4]
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]
The butterfly was earlier known as Gerydus biggsii Distant. [3] Eliot provisionally placed the single specimen from Kodagu in Miletus nymphis . [5]
Poritia erycinoides, the blue gem, is a small butterfly found in India, Myanmar and parts of South-East Asia that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Miletus boisduvali, the common brownie, is a small but striking butterfly found in India and Myanmar that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
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Poritia pleurata, the green gem, is a small butterfly found in India, Myanmar and South Asia that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
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Celaenorrhinus asmara, the white-banded flat, is a hesperiid butterfly which is found in South and Southeast Asia.
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Data related to Miletus biggsii at Wikispecies