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]

Cigaritis maximus
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
(Elwes[1893] [1]

References
  1. 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 .
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
  • Cigaritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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