Cigaritis maximus
Species of butterfly
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Cigaritis maximus or Karen silverline is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Henry John Elwes in 1893. It is found in Indochina in the Indomalayan realm (Burma, Thailand, and Laos).[2]
| Karen silverline | |
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| Cigaritis maximus, male, female, set specimens Thailand | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Genus: | Cigaritis |
| Species: | C. maximus |
| Binomial name | |
| Cigaritis maximus | |
