Catapaecilma major
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Catapaecilma |
| Species: | C. major
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| Catapaecilma major (H. H. Druce, 1895)[1]
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Catapaecilma major, the common tinsel,[2][3][4] is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1895. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[5][4][2][3][6]
Description
[edit]The two Bornean specimens (females) [of Catapaecilma elegans] before me differ from Sikkim examples by the central band on the fore wing below being straight, not Y-shaped, as appears to be invariably the case in Indian specimens, also in those from Ceylon, and again from Sumatra. On such slight material I do not propose to admit at present that the Indian representatives belong to a distinct species (they are certainly not typical), but in the event of their requiring a name I would suggest major.
— Hamilton Herbert Druce, A Monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae[1]
The larvae feed on Terminalia paniculata.
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Larva
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Larva attended by ant
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Imago
Subspecies
[edit]- Catapaecilma major major (northern India to Myanmar, northern Thailand)
- Catapaecilma major anais Fruhstorfer, 1915 (northeast India)
- Catapaecilma major albicans Corbet, 1941 (Myanmar, Thailand, Laos)
- Catapaecilma major emas Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, southern Thailand)
- Catapaecilma major callone (Fruhstorfer, 1915) (southern India)
- Catapaecilma major myosotina Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Sri Lanka)
- Catapaecilma major sedina (Fruhstorfer, 1915) (north-eastern Sumatra)
- Catapaecilma major moltrechti (Wileman, 1908) (Taiwan)
- Catapaecilma major sophonias Fruhstorfer, 1912 (western Java)
References
[edit]- ^ a b H. H., Druce (1895). "A Monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1895 (3): 612. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ a b c Varshney, R. K.; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing. p. 111. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
- ^ a b c Savela, Markku. "Catapaecilma major Druce, 1895". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Catapaecilma major Druce, 1895 – Common Tinsel". Retrieved 27 August 2017.
- ^ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
- ^ Kehimkar, Isaac (2016). Butterflies of India (2016 ed.). Mumbai: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 9789384678012.
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