Miletus biggsii explained

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.

Range

It is found in Kodagu (Coorg) in India, Myanmar,^{[3] [4]} Thailand, Langkawi, Malaya, Tioman, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Belitung and Weh.

Status

It is very rare in Kodagu (a single record) and rare in Myanmar as per Mark Alexander Wynter-Blyth.^{[3] [4]}

Description

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]

Taxonomy

The butterfly was earlier known as Gerydus biggsii Distant.^[3] Eliot provisionally placed the single specimen from Kodagu in Miletus nymphis.^[5]

Subspecies

• Miletus biggsii biggsii (southern Burma, Thailand, Langkawi, Malay Peninsula, Tioman, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Belitung, Weh)
• Miletus biggsii albotignula (van Eecke, 1914) (Simalur)
• Miletus biggsii natunensis (Fruhstorfer, 1916) (Natuna Islands)
• Miletus biggsii niasicus (Fruhstorfer, 1913) (Nias Island, Batu Island)

References

• Web site: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex) . Beccaloni . George . Scoble . Malcolm . Kitching . Ian . Simonsen . Thomas . Robinson . Gaden . Pitkin . Brian . Hine . Adrian . Lyal . Chris . Natural History Museum, London . 2016-10-15 .
• Book: Evans . W.H. . William Harry Evans . The Identification of Indian Butterflies . 2nd . Mumbai, India . . 1932 .
• Web site: Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera .
• Book: Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander . Mark Alexander Wynter-Blyth . Butterflies of the Indian Region . 1957 . Bombay, India . . 978-8170192329 .

Print

• Book: Evans . W.H. . William Harry Evans . The Identification of Indian Butterflies . 2nd . Mumbai, India . . 1932 .
• Book: Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander . Mark Alexander Wynter-Blyth . Butterflies of the Indian Region . 1957 . Bombay, India . . 978-8170192329 .

Online

• Web site: The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex) . Beccaloni . George . Scoble . Malcolm . Kitching . Ian . Simonsen . Thomas . Robinson . Gaden . Pitkin . Brian . Hine . Adrian . Lyal . Chris . Natural History Museum, London . 2016-10-15 .
• Web site: Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera .

Notes and References

1. http://www.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/miletinae/miletus/index.html Page on Markku Savela's site for genus Miletus (Lycaenidae).
2. . Retrieved 21 April 2018.
3. Book: Evans . W.H. . William Harry Evans . The Identification of Indian Butterflies . 2nd . Mumbai, India . . 1932 . 211, ser no H5.5 .
4. Book: Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander . Mark Alexander Wynter-Blyth . Butterflies of the Indian Region . 1957 . Bombay, India . . 978-8170192329 . 254 .
5. , 1961. An analysis of the genus Miletus Hübner (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bull. Raffles. Mus. 26: 154-177, p164.