Miletus chinensis
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Miletus |
Species: | M. chinensis
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Binomial name | |
Miletus chinensis | |
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Miletus chinensis, the common brownie, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Asia (Indomalayan realm)
Subspecies
[edit]- M. c. chinensis (Yunnan to south-eastern China and Hainan)
- M. c. assamensis (Doherty, 1891) (Kumaon to Assam and Sikkim)
- M. c. learchus C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865 (Indo-China, Thailand, Burma, northern Malaya)
- M. c. longeana (de Nicéville, 1898) (Manipur, Burma) — Long's brownie
References
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