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Tim Stratford / 1,000 items
Doi Suthep-Pui NP, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Family : Lycaenidae
Sub-Family : Miletinae
Species : Miletus mallus shania

Another uncommon species found in Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, and peninsular Malaysia. The shania subspecies is only found in north and northeast Thailand. It is a small-medium size butterfly with a wingspan of 37-40mm. I believe the larvae may be wholly aphytophagous, feeding on small homoptera. The adults do not visit flowers and may feed on the excretions of the same homoptera. Apart from this basic information there seems to be little known about this particular species.

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  • Taken: Mar 5, 2016
  • Uploaded: Mar 27, 2017
  • Updated: Dec 6, 2017