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Miletus biggsii

Bigg's brownie
Museum specimen from Malaya
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Miletus
Species:
M. biggsii
Binomial name
Miletus biggsii
(Distant, 1884)
Synonyms
  • Gerydus biggsii Distant, 1884
  • Gerydus boisduvali albotignula van Eecke, 1914
  • Gerydus boisduvali simalurensis Toxopeus, 1928
  • Gerydus boisduvali xeragis Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Gerydus boisduvali hyllus Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Gerydus biggsii sebethus Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Gerydus biggsii extraneus Toxopeus, 1929
  • Gerydus biggsii natunensis Fruhstorfer, 1916
  • Gerydus biggsii niasicus Fruhstorfer, 1913
  • Gerydus biggsii batunensis Fruhstorfer, 1913

Miletus biggsii, the Bigg's brownie,[1][2] is a small butterfly found in India and Myanmar[3][4] that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

  1. ^ Page on Markku Savela's site for genus Miletus (Lycaenidae).
  2. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Miletus biggsii​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. . Retrieved 21 April 2018.
  3. ^ Evans, W.H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 211, ser no H5.5.
  4. ^ Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 254. ISBN 978-8170192329.

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