''Cigaritis elima'', the scarce shot silverline, is a species of

lycaenid Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfly ...

or blue butterfly found in

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

and

India India, officially the Republic of India ( Hindi: ), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by area, the second-most populous country, and the most populous democracy in the world. Bounded by the Indian Ocean on the ...

. The species was first described by

Frederic Moore Frederic Moore FZS (13 May 1830 – 10 May 1907) was a British entomologist and illustrator. He produced six volumes of ''Lepidoptera Indica'' and a catalogue of the birds in the collection of the East India Company. It has been said that Mo ...

in 1877.

Description

Subspecies

Subspecies of ''Cigaritis elima'':- *''Cigaritis elima elima'' Moore, 1877 – India *''Cigaritis elima uniformis'' Moore, 1882 – Kashmir *''Cigaritis elima fairliei'' *''Cigaritis elima ictina''

References

Cigaritis Fauna of Pakistan Butterflies described in 1877 {{Aphnaeini-stub