Miletus symethus

Great brownie
	Female from Malaya
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Miletus
Species:	M. symethus
Binomial name
	Miletus symethus; (Cramer, 1777)
Synonyms
	Papilio symethus Cramer, [1777]; Gerydus symethus; Symetha pandu Horsfield, 1828; Gerydus symethus acampsis Fruhstorfer, 1913; Gerydus symethus batuensis Fruhstorfer, 1914; Gerydus symethus edonus Fruhstorfer, 1913; Gerydus symethus hierophantes Fruhstorfer, 1915; Gerydus symethus perlucidus Fruhstorfer, 1913; Gerydus symethus megaris Fruhstorfer, 1913; Gerydus petronius Distant & Pryer, 1887; Gerydus symethus diopeithes Fruhstorfer, 1913; Gerydus symethus hieropous Fruhstorfer, 1915; Gerydus symethus bangkanus Fruhstorfer, 1914; Gerydus symethus philopator Fruhstorfer, 1914; Miletus ancon solitaria Okubo, 1983; Gerydus symethus vespasianus Fruhstorfer, 1913;

Miletus symethus, the great brownie,^[1]^[2] is a small butterfly found in India^[3]^[4] that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by Pieter Cramer in 1777.

^ Savela, Markku (28 September 2016). "Miletus symethus (Cramer, [1777])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved 14 January 2020.
^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Miletus symethus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved 21 April 2018.
^ Evans, W. H. (1932). The Identification of Indian Butterflies (2nd ed.). Mumbai, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 211, ser no H5.6.
^ Wynter-Blyth, Mark Alexander (1957). Butterflies of the Indian Region. Bombay, India: Bombay Natural History Society. p. 254. ISBN 978-8170192329.