Catapaecilma major, the common tinsel, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1895. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.
Description
The larvae feed on Terminalia paniculata.
Subspecies
The subspecies are:
- Catapaecilma major major (northern India to Myanmar, northern Thailand)
- Catapaecilma major anais <small>Fruhstorfer, 1915</small> (northeast India)
- Catapaecilma major albicans <small>Corbet, 1941</small> (Myanmar, Thailand, Laos)
- Catapaecilma major emas <small>Fruhstorfer, 1912</small> (Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, southern Thailand)
- Catapaecilma major callone <small>(Fruhstorfer, 1915)</small> (southern India)
- Catapaecilma major myosotina <small>Fruhstorfer, 1912</small> (Sri Lanka)
- Catapaecilma major sedina <small>(Fruhstorfer, 1915)</small> (north-eastern Sumatra)
- Catapaecilma major moltrechti <small>(Wileman, 1908)</small> (Taiwan)
- Catapaecilma major sophonias <small>Fruhstorfer, 1912</small> (western Java)
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