Cigaritis lohita
Cigaritis lohita | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Cigaritis |
Species: | C. lohita |
Binomial name | |
Cigaritis lohita (Horsfield, 1829) | |
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Cigaritis lohita, the long-banded silverline, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly.
Subspecies
- C. l. lohita (Horsfield, 1829) - Java
- C. l. lazularia (Moore, 1881) - Sri Lanka
- C. l. himalayanus (Moore, 1884) - India, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Sikkim to Burma, northern Thailand
- C. l. senama (Fruhstorfer, 1912) - Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Langkawi, southern Thailand
- C. l. senama f. zebrinus Moore, 1884 - Sri Lanka
- C. l. batina (Fruhstorfer, 1912) - southern Vietnam, China: southern Yunnan
- C. l. panasa (Fruhstorfer, 1912) - northern Vietnam
- C. l. formosana (Moore, 1877) - Taiwan
Description
The wingspan of Cigaritis lohita reaches 27–32 millimetres (1.1–1.3 in). The upperside of the forewings is dark brown, while the hindwings are bright blue with orange markings at the base. On the underside of the wings these butterflies have a distinctive pattern of red-bordered silvery stripes. The hindwings show two white-tipped 'false antennae' tails. [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][1]
Distribution
This species can be found in China, Assam, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Burma, Thailand, Sumatra, Java, Peninsular Malaya and Vietnam.[1]
- In Buxa Tiger Reserve, India
- C. l. himalayanus upperside
References
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- 1 2 3 Cigaritis lohita (Horsfield, [1829]) at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
- ↑ Learn about butterflies
- ↑ nhm.ac.uk Caterpillar Host Plant Database