Cigaritis rukma
Cigaritis rukma
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Cigaritis
Species:
C. rukma
Binomial name
Cigaritis rukma
(de Nicéville, [1889])][1]

Cigaritis rukma or silver-red silverline is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It was described by Lionel de Niceville in 1889. It is found in the Indomalayan realm (Burma, Thailand, and Laos).[2]

Subspecies

  • C. r. rukma Sikkim, Bhutan, Thailand
  • C. r. sophia (D'Abrera, 1993) Yunnan

References

  1. de Nicéville, L. 1889]. On new or little known butterflies from the Indian Region J. Asiatic Soc. Beng. 57(II)(4): 273-293, pls. 13, 14
  2. Seitz, A., 1912-1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.
  • Cigaritis at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms


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