Miletus biggsii

Bigg's brownie
	Museum specimen from Malaya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Miletus
Species:	M. biggsii
Binomial name
	Miletus biggsii; (Distant, 1884)
Synonyms
	Gerydus biggsii Distant, 1884; Gerydus boisduvali albotignula van Eecke, 1914; Gerydus boisduvali simalurensis Toxopeus, 1928; Gerydus boisduvali xeragis Fruhstorfer, 1916; Gerydus boisduvali hyllus Fruhstorfer, 1916; Gerydus biggsii sebethus Fruhstorfer, 1916; Gerydus biggsii extraneus Toxopeus, 1929; Gerydus biggsii natunensis Fruhstorfer, 1916; Gerydus biggsii niasicus Fruhstorfer, 1913; Gerydus biggsii batunensis Fruhstorfer, 1913;

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 .^[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)

Notes[]

^ Page on Markku Savela's site for genus Miletus (Lycaenidae).
^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Miletus biggsii". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 21, 2018.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 211, ser no H5.5.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 254. ISBN 978-8170192329.
^ Eliot, J. N., 1961. An analysis of the genus Miletus Hübner (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bull. Raffles. Mus. 26: 154-177, p164.

References[]

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

Print[]

Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society.
Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 978-8170192329.

Online[]

Beccaloni, George; Scoble, Malcolm; Kitching, Ian; Simonsen, Thomas; Robinson, Gaden; Pitkin, Brian; Hine, Adrian; Lyal, Chris. "The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex)". Natural History Museum, London. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
"Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera".

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[Funet.fi-1] Page on Markku Savela's site for genus Miletus (Lycaenidae).

[LepIndex_longeana-2] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Miletus biggsii". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved April 21, 2018.

[Evans-3] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 211, ser no H5.5.

[Wynter-Blyth-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b ^c ^d Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 254. ISBN 978-8170192329.

[5] Eliot, J. N., 1961. An analysis of the genus Miletus Hübner (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bull. Raffles. Mus. 26: 154-177, p164.

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