''Catapaecilma major'', the common tinsel,
[ is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by ]Hamilton Herbert Druce
Hamilton Herbert Charles James Druce (26 October 1866 – 21 June 1922) was an English entomologist who specialised in Lycaenidae and to a lesser extent Hesperiidae. He is not to be confused with his father, the English entomologist Herbert Dr ...
in 1895. It is found in the Indomalayan realm
The Indomalayan realm is one of the eight biogeographic realms. It extends across most of South and Southeast Asia and into the southern parts of East Asia.
Also called the Oriental realm by biogeographers, Indomalaya spreads all over the Ind ...
.[ Seitz, A., 1912-1927. ''Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. Theclinae, Poritiinae, Hesperiidae. Grossschmetterlinge Erde'' 9: 799-1107, pls. 138-175.]
Description
The larvae feed on ''Terminalia paniculata
''Terminalia paniculata'' is a large-sized commercial timber tree endemic to Peninsular India, commonly distributed in Karnataka and Kerala.
Terminalias are especially known for cyclic triterpenes, flavanoids and tannins and ''T. paniculata'' is ...
''.
File:Catapaecilma major by Balakrishnan Valappil (7280032980).jpg, Larva
File:Catapaecilma major by Balakrishnan Valappil (7385361012).jpg, Larva attended by ant
File:Catapaecilma major Druce, 1895 – Common Tinsel at Kottiyoor Wildlife Sanctuary (2).jpg, Imago
Subspecies
The subspecies are:[
*''Catapaecilma major major'' (northern India to Myanmar, northern Thailand)
*''Catapaecilma major anais'' Fruhstorfer, 1915 (northeast India)
*''Catapaecilma major albicans'' Corbet, 1941 (Myanmar, Thailand, Laos)
*''Catapaecilma major emas'' Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, southern Thailand)
*''Catapaecilma major callone'' (Fruhstorfer, 1915) (southern India)
*''Catapaecilma major myosotina'' Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Sri Lanka)
*''Catapaecilma major sedina'' (Fruhstorfer, 1915) (north-eastern Sumatra)
*''Catapaecilma major moltrechti'' (Wileman, 1908) (Taiwan)
*''Catapaecilma major sophonias'' Fruhstorfer, 1912 (western Java)
]
References
External links
Subspecies from Indo-China
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Catapaecilma
Butterflies described in 1895