Catochrysops panormus

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Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Lycaenidae Scientific name Catochrysops panormus		Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Catochrysops Rank Subspecies

Similar Catochrysops, Catochrysops strabo, Prosotas dubiosa, Jamides bochus, Prosotas

Catochrysops panormus, the silver forget-me-not, is a small butterfly found from India to the Philippines and south to Australia that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:

C. p. batchiana Tite, 1959 – Bachan, Halmahera, Obi

C. p. caerulea Tite, 1959 – New Hebrides

C. p. caledonica Felder – Loyalty Islands

C. p. exiguus (Distant, 1886) – ?Sumatra, Taiwan, southern Yunnan

C. p. panormus Sri Lanka, India, Indochina

C. p. papuana Tite, 1959 – Aru, West Papua, Papua, Bismarck Archipelago

C. p. platissa (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) – Torres Strait Islands, northern Australia - New South Wales (Byron Bay)

C. p. pura Tite, 1959 – Solomon Islands (not Rennell Island)

C. p. rennellensis Howarth, 1962 – Rennell Island

C. p. timorensis Tite, 1959 – Timor, Wetar, Kissar

References

Catochrysops panormus Wikipedia

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