Cigaritis maximus
Species of butterfly
Cigaritis maximus | |
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Cigaritis maximus, male, female, set specimens Thailand | |
Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Cigaritis |
Species: | C. maximus |
Binomial name | |
Cigaritis maximus (Elwes[1893] [1] |
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]
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Wikispecies has information related to Cigaritis maximus.
- Cigaritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
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