Cigaritis lohita

Cigaritis lohita

Underside on right
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Cigaritis
Species:	C. lohita
Binomial name
*Cigaritis lohita* (Horsfield, 1829)
Synonyms
Amblypodia lohita Horsfield, 1829 Spindasis lohita (Horsfield) Cigaritis lohita (Horsfield) Aphnaeus lazularia Moore, [1881] Aphnaeus himalayanus Moore, 1884 Aphnaeus lohita senama Fruhstorfer, 1912 Aphnaeus zebrinus Moore, 1884 Spindasis milleri Corbet, 1940 Aphnaeus lohita batina Fruhstorfer, 1912 Aphnaeus lohita panasa Fruhstorfer, 1912 Aphnaeus formosanus Moore, 1877

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

Subspecies

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

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Description

The wingspan of Cigaritis lohita reaches 27–32 millimetres (1.1–1.3 in). The upperside of the forewings is dark brown, while the hindwings are bright blue with orange markings at the base. On the underside of the wings these butterflies have a distinctive pattern of red-bordered silvery stripes. The hindwings show two white-tipped 'false antennae' tails. ^[2]

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).^[3]^[1]

Distribution

This species can be found in China, Assam, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Burma, Thailand, Sumatra, Java, Peninsular Malaya and Vietnam.^[1]

In Buxa Tiger Reserve, India
C. l. himalayanus upperside

References

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1 2 3 Cigaritis lohita (Horsfield, [1829]) at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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↑ nhm.ac.uk Caterpillar Host Plant Database

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