| Miletus chinensis longeana | |
|---|---|
 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Miletus |
| Species: | |
| Subspecies: | M. c. longeana |
| Trinomial name | |
| Miletus chinensis longeana (de Nicéville, 1898) | |
Miletus chinensis longeana, or Long's brownie, [1] [2] is a small but striking subspecies of butterfly found in India and Myanmar [3] [4] that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
This subspecies is reported as not being rare by William Harry Evans [3] and as rare as per Mark Alexander Wynter-Blyth. [4]
A small butterfly, 30 to 38 mm in wingspan. The upper forewing in both sexes has a prominent curved white discal band; the lower spots composing it are separate and sometimes coalesced in female. The apical area of the upper forewing is darker than the basal area. The dry-season form of the butterfly is white above except for the apex and a discal brown patch of the forewing and the costa on the hindwing. [4]
The butterfly was earlier known as Gerydus longeana de Nicéville. [3] It was formerly treated as a species, but is now regarded as a subspecies of Miletus chinensis .
Hasora vitta, the plain banded awl, is a butterfly belonging to the family Hesperiidae which is found in India and parts of Southeast Asia.
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.
Miletus biggsii, the Bigg's brownie, is a small butterfly found in India and Myanmar that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Pseudophilotes vicrama, the eastern baton blue, is a small butterfly found in Asia, east to Tian Shan and parts of China, west to the Balkans, Turkey, eastern Europe to southern Finland. It belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by Frederic Moore in 1865.
Phengaris atroguttata, the great spotted blue, is a small butterfly found in India, Myanmar, and China that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Poritia pleurata, the green gem, is a small butterfly found in India, Myanmar and South Asia that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Prosotas dilata is a species of lineblue belonging to the blue butterfly family (Lycaenidae). The butterfly is found on the Nicobar Islands of India. It is now considered as a subspecies of the common lineblue.
Baspa melampus, the Indian red flash is a species of blue (Lycaenidae) butterfly found in South-East Asia.
Arhopala allata suffusa, the Tytler's rosy oakblue, sometimes placed in Amblypodia, is a small subspecies of butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Arhopala aedias yendava, the Singapore oakblue, is a subspecies of small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Arhopala alesia, the pallid oakblue, is a small butterfly found in India that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.
Cyllogenes janetae, the scarce evening brown is a brown (Satyrinae) butterfly that is found in the Himalayas. Subspecies Cyllogenes janetae orientalis Monastyrskii, 2005 is found in Vietnam.
Dacalana cotys, the white-banded royal is a species of blue butterfly (Lycaenidae) found in South East Asia.
Pratapa icetoides, the blue royal, is a species of blue butterfly (Lycaenidae) found in the Indomalayan realm.
Aulocera swaha, the common satyr, is a brown (Satyrinae) butterfly that is found in the Himalayas.
Aulocera padma, the great satyr, is a brown (Satyrinae) butterfly that ranges across the Himalayas to Assam, northern Burma and western China.
Aulocera brahminus, the narrow-banded satyr, is a brown (Satyrinae) butterfly that is found in the Himalayas. The species was first described by Émile Blanchard in 1853.
Aulocera brahminoides is a brown (Satyrinae) butterfly that is found in the Himalayas.
Aulocera is a genus in the subfamily Satyrinae of the brush-footed butterfly family, Nymphalidae. Commonly referred to as banded satyrs, species of the genus Aulocera are endemic to the Himalayas and associated mountain ranges.
Online