Cigaritis maximus
| Karen silverline | |
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| Cigaritis maximus, male, female, set specimens Thailand | |
Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Cigaritis |
| Species: | C. maximus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cigaritis maximus | |
Cigaritis maximus or Karen silverline is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Henry John Elwes in 1893. It is found in Indochina in the Indomalayan realm (Burma, Thailand, and Laos).[2]
References
- ^Elwes, H.J., 1893. On butterflies collected by Mr. W. Doherty in the Naga and Karen Hills and in Perak (part ii). Proc. zool. Soc. Lond 1892: 617-664 .
- ^Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
External links
Wikispecies has information related to Cigaritis maximus.
- Cigaritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
