Catapaecilma major
Species of butterfly
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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]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Catapaecilma |
| Species: | C. major |
| Binomial name | |
| Catapaecilma major (H. H. Druce, 1895)[1] | |
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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
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Subspecies
- 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)
