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Miletus (genus)

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Scientific name
  
Miletus

Rank
  
Genus

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Family
  
Lycaenidae

Higher classification
  
Lycaenidae

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Similar
  
Miletus chinensis, Butterfly, Lycaenidae, Allotinus, Logania

Miletus is a genus of butterfly. The members (species) are found in the Eastern Palearctic ecozone, the Indomalaya ecozone and some stray east of the Wallace line. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner in about 1819 (precise year uncertain). Miletus is the type genus of the subfamily Miletinae.

Species

  • boisduvali species group
  • Miletus biggsii (Distant, 1884)
  • Miletus boisduvali Moore, 1857
  • Miletus cellarius (Fruhstorfer, 1913)
  • Miletus drucei (Semper, 1888)
  • chinensis species group
  • Miletus bannanus Huang & Xue, 2004
  • Miletus chinensis C. Felder, 1862
  • Miletus croton (Doherty, 1889)
  • Miletus gaesa (de Nicéville, 1895)
  • Miletus mallus (Fruhstorfer, 1913)
  • Miletus nymphis (Fruhstorfer, 1913)
  • melanion species group
  • Miletus bazilanus (Fruhstorfer, 1913)
  • Miletus melanion C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865
  • symethus species group
  • Miletus ancon Doherty, 1889
  • Miletus archilocus Fruhstorfer, 1913
  • Miletus atimonicus Murayama & Okamura, 1973
  • Miletus celinus Eliot, 1961
  • Miletus gallus (de Nicéville, 1894)
  • Miletus gigantes (de Nicéville, 1894)
  • Miletus heracleion (Doherty, 1891)
  • Miletus leos (Guérin-Ménéville, 1830)
  • Miletus rosei Cassidy, 1995
  • Miletus symethus (Cramer, [1777])
  • Miletus takanamii Eliot, 1986
  • zinckenii species group
  • Miletus gaetulus (de Nicéville, 1894)
  • Miletus gopara (de Nicéville, 1890)
  • Miletus valeus (Fruhstorfer, 1913)
  • Miletus zinckenii C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865

    • References

    Miletus (genus) Wikipedia
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