Miletus chinensis

Miletus chinensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Miletus
Species:	M. chinensis
Binomial name
	Miletus chinensis; C. Felder, 1862[1]
Synonyms
	Gerydus irroratus var. assamensis Doherty, 1891 (wet-season form); Gerydus boisduvali milvius Fruhstorfer, 1913; Miletus learchus C. & R. Felder, 1865 (wet-season form); Miletus irroratus H. Druce, 1874; Miletus archilochus kelantanus Corbet, 1938; Gerydus longeana de Nicéville, 1898; Miletus chinensis longeana Eliot, 1961;

Miletus chinensis, the common brownie, is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South Asia (Indomalayan realm)

M. c. learchus

Subspecies

M. c. chinensis (Yunnan to south-eastern China and Hainan)
M. c. assamensis (Doherty, 1891) (Kumaon to Assam and Sikkim)
M. c. learchus C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865 (Indo-China, Thailand, Burma, northern Malaya)
M. c. longeana (de Nicéville, 1898) (Manipur, Burma) — Long's brownie

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