Cigaritis syama

Cigaritis syama, the club silverline,[1] is a butterfly of the family Lycaenidae. It is found in South-East Asia.

Cigaritis syama
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C. syama
Binomial name
Cigaritis syama
(Horsfield, [1829])
Synonyms
  • Amblypodia syama Horsfield, [1829]
  • Spindasis syama (Horsfield, [1829])

The wingspan is 27–32 mm.

The larvae feed on Psidium guajava and Dioscorea batatus.

Subspecies

The subspecies of Cigaritis syama found in India are-[2]

  • Cigaritis syama peguanus (Moore, 1884)
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References

  1. "Cigaritis Donzel, 1847" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
  2. "Spindasis syama Horsfield, 1829 – Club Silverline". Retrieved 26 August 2017.


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