Catapaecilma major

Catapaecilma major, the common tinsel,[2][3][4] is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1895. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[5][4][2][3][6]

Catapaecilma major
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Catapaecilma
Species:
C. major
Binomial name
Catapaecilma major
Synonyms
  • Catapoecilma major anais Fruhstorfer, 1915
  • Catapoecilma elegans emas Fruhstorfer, 1912
  • Catapoecilma major tyana Fruhstorfer, 1915
  • Catapoecilma elegans myosotina Fruhstorfer, 1912
  • Tajuria major moltrechti Wileman, 1908
  • Catapoecilma elegans sophonias Fruhstorfer, 1912
  • Catapoecilma major sophonias Fruhstorfer, 1915

Description

The two Bornean specimens (females) [of Catapaecilma elegans] before me differ from Sikkim examples by the central band on the fore wing below being straight, not Y-shaped, as appears to be invariably the case in Indian specimens, also in those from Ceylon, and again from Sumatra. On such slight material I do not propose to admit at present that the Indian representatives belong to a distinct species (they are certainly not typical), but in the event of their requiring a name I would suggest major.

— Hamilton Herbert Druce, A Monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae[1]

The larvae feed on Terminalia paniculata.

  • Larva
  • Larva attended by ant
  • Imago

Subspecies

The subspecies are:[2][3][4]

  • Catapaecilma major major (northern India to Myanmar, northern Thailand)
  • Catapaecilma major anais Fruhstorfer, 1915 (northeast India)
  • Catapaecilma major albicans Corbet, 1941 (Myanmar, Thailand, Laos)
  • Catapaecilma major emas Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, southern Thailand)
  • Catapaecilma major callone (Fruhstorfer, 1915) (southern India)
  • Catapaecilma major myosotina Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Sri Lanka)
  • Catapaecilma major sedina (Fruhstorfer, 1915) (north-eastern Sumatra)
  • Catapaecilma major moltrechti (Wileman, 1908) (Taiwan)
  • Catapaecilma major sophonias Fruhstorfer, 1912 (western Java)

References
  1. H. H., Druce (1895). "A Monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae". Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 1895 (3): 612. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  2. Varshney, R. K.; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing. p. 111. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
  3. Savela, Markku. "Catapaecilma major Druce, 1895". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
  4. "Catapaecilma major Druce, 1895 – Common Tinsel". Retrieved 27 August 2017.
  5. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
  6. Kehimkar, Isaac (2016). Butterflies of India (2016 ed.). Mumbai: Bombay Natural History Society. ISBN 9789384678012.
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