Miletus biggsii

Bigg's Brownie
Museum specimen from Malaya
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Miletus
Species:	M. biggsii
Binomial name
Miletus biggsii (Distant, 1884)

Bigg's Brownie (Miletus biggsii)^[1][2] is a small butterfly found in India and Myanmar^[3][4] that belongs to the Lycaenids or Blues family.

Range

It is found in Kodagu (Coorg) in India , Myanmar^[3][4], Thailand, Langkawi, Malaya, Tioman, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Belitung and Weh.

Status

Very rare in Kodagu (single record). Rare in Myanmar as per Wynter-Blyth.^[3][4]

Description

A small butterfly, 32 to 38 mm in wingspan. The upper forewing in both sexes has a broad white discal band which is straight, coalesced and comprises at least one-fourth of the wing.^[4].

Taxonomy

The butterfly was earlier known as Gerydus biggsii Distant^[3].

Cited references

1. ^ Page on Marrku Savela's site for genus Miletus (Lycaenidae).
2. ^ Card for species biggsii in LepIndex. Accessed 05 December 2006.
3. ^ ^{a b c d} Evans,W.H.(1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies, ser no H5.5, pg 211.
4. ^ ^{a b c d} Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, pg 254.

References

• Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. http://www.nhm.ac.uk/entomology/lepindex [accessed 05 December 2006].
• Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. (2nd Ed), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
• Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera [1].
• Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.

References

Print

• Evans, W.H. (1932) The Identification of Indian Butterflies. 2nd Ed, (i to x, pp454, 9 figs, Plates I to XXXII), Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.
• Wynter-Blyth, M.A. (1957) Butterflies of the Indian Region, Bombay Natural History Society, Mumbai, India.

Online

• Beccaloni, G. W., Scoble, M. J., Robinson, G. S. & Pitkin, B. (Editors). 2003. The Global Lepidoptera Names Index (LepIndex). World Wide Web electronic publication. [2] (accessed 26 September 2007).
• Savela, Marrku Website on Lepidoptera [3] (accessed 26 September 2007)

See also

• Lycaenidae
• List of butterflies of India
• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)