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]}

Common tinsel
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Catapaecilma
Species:	C. major
Binomial name
Catapaecilma major (H. H. Druce, 1895)[1]
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.

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  Larva
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  Larva attended by ant
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  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.

External links

• Subspecies from Indo-China