Biology:Catochrysops panormus

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Silver forget-me-not
Silver forget-me-not (Catochrysops panormus exiguus) mating I.jpg
C. p. exiguus mating, Indonesia
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Catochrysops
Species:
C. panormus
Binomial name
Catochrysops panormus
(C. Felder, 1860)
Subspecies

Ten, see text

Synonyms[1]
  • Lycaena panormus

Catochrysops panormus, the silver forget-me-not,[2] is a small butterfly found from India [2] to the Philippines and south to Australia [1] that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by Cajetan Felder in 1860.

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:[1]

  • C. p. batchiana Tite, 1959 – Bachan, Halmahera, Obi
  • C. p. caerulea Tite, 1959 – New Hebrides
  • C. p. caledonica Felder – Loyalty Islands
  • C. p. exiguus (Distant, 1886)India ,[2] Sumatra, Taiwan, southern Yunnan
  • C. p. panormus Sri Lanka, Indochina
  • C. p. papuana Tite, 1959 – Aru, West Papua, Papua, Bismarck Archipelago
  • C. p. platissa (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) – Torres Strait Islands, northern Australia - New South Wales (Byron Bay)
  • C. p. pura Tite, 1959 – Solomon Islands (not Rennell Island)
  • C. p. rennellensis Howarth, 1962 – Rennell Island
  • C. p. timorensis Tite, 1959 – Timor, Wetar, Kissar

The subspecies of Catochrysops panormus found in India are:[3]

  • C. p. exiguus Distant, 1886 – Malay silver forget-me-not
  • C. p. andamanica Tite, 1959 – Andaman silver forget-me-not

Gallery

See also

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5053810 entry