Cigaritis lohita explained

Cigaritis lohita, the long-banded silverline, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly.

Description

The wingspan of Cigaritis lohita reaches 27-.^[1]

Subspecies

• Cigaritis lohita lohita (Horsfield, 1829) - Java
• Cigaritis lohita lazularia (Moore, 1881) - Sri Lanka, South India
• Cigaritis lohita himalayanus (Moore, 1884) - India, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Sikkim to Burma, northern Thailand
• Cigaritis lohita senama (Fruhstorfer, 1912) - Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Langkawi, southern Thailand
  • Cigaritis lohita senama f. zebrinus Moore, 1884 - Sri Lanka
• Cigaritis lohita batina (Fruhstorfer, 1912) - southern Vietnam, China: southern Yunnan
• Cigaritis lohita panasa (Fruhstorfer, 1912) - northern Vietnam
• Cigaritis lohita formosana (Moore, 1877) - Taiwan^[2]

Host plants

This species has been recorded on: Coffea liberica (Rubiaceae), Dioscorea species (Dioscoreaceae) Glochidion rubrum (Euphorbiaceae), Hiptage benghalensis (Malpighiaceae), Litchi species (Sapindaceae), Xylia species and Peltophorum species (Leguminosae) as well as on Psidium guajava (Myrtaceae).^{[3] [2]}

Distribution

This species can be found in China, India,^[4] Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Sumatra, Java, Peninsular Malaya and Vietnam.^[2]

Notes and References

1. http://www.learnaboutbutterflies.com/India%20-%20Spindasis%20lohita.htm Learn about butterflies
2. http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/theclinae/cigaritis/#lohita Cigaritis lohita (Horsfield, [1829])] at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
3. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/research-curation/research/projects/hostplants/search/list.dsml?searchPageURL=index.dsml&Familyqtype=starts+with&Family=&PFamilyqtype=starts+with&PFamily=&Genusqtype=starts+with&Genus=Spindasis&PGenusqtype=starts+with&PGenus=&Speciesqtype=starts+with&Species=lohita&PSpeciesqtype=starts+with&PSpecies=&Country=&sort=Family nhm.ac.uk Caterpillar Host Plant Database
4. Book: A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. R.K.. Varshney. Smetacek. Peter. Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. 2015. 978-81-929826-4-9. New Delhi. 95. 10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164.