Bigg's brownie | |
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Museum specimen from Malaya | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Miletus |
Species: | M. biggsii
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Binomial name | |
Miletus biggsii (
Distant, 1884)
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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]
Bigg's brownie | |
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Museum specimen from Malaya | |
Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Miletus |
Species: | M. biggsii
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Binomial name | |
Miletus biggsii (
Distant, 1884)
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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]