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Cigaritis lohita

Cigaritis lohita, the long-banded silverline, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly.

Description

The wingspan of Cigaritis lohita reaches .

Subspecies

  • Cigaritis lohita lohita <small>(Horsfield, 1829)</small> - Java
  • Cigaritis lohita lazularia <small>(Moore, 1881)</small> - Sri Lanka, South India
  • Cigaritis lohita himalayanus <small>(Moore, 1884)</small> - India, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Sikkim to Burma, northern Thailand
  • Cigaritis lohita senama <small>(Fruhstorfer, 1912)</small> - Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Langkawi, southern Thailand
  • Cigaritis lohita senama f. zebrinus <small>Moore, 1884</small> - Sri Lanka
  • Cigaritis lohita batina <small>(Fruhstorfer, 1912)</small> - southern Vietnam, China: southern Yunnan
  • Cigaritis lohita panasa <small>(Fruhstorfer, 1912)</small> - northern Vietnam
  • Cigaritis lohita formosana <small>(Moore, 1877)</small> - Taiwan

Host plants

This species has been recorded on: Coffea liberica (Rubiaceae), Dioscorea species (Dioscoreaceae) Glochidion rubrum (Euphorbiaceae), Hiptage benghalensis (Malpighiaceae), Litchi species (Sapindaceae), Xylia species and Peltophorum species (Leguminosae) as well as on Psidium guajava (Myrtaceae).

Distribution

This species can be found in China, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Sumatra, Java, Peninsular Malaya and Vietnam.

References