Miletus is a genus of butterflies sometimes called brownies. Its species are found in the eastern Palearctic realm and the Indomalayan realm, and some stray east of the Wallace Line. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner around 1819. Miletus is the type genus of the subfamily Miletinae.
Species boisduvali species group Miletus biggsii (Distant, 1884) Miletus boisduvali Moore, 1857 Miletus cellarius (Fruhstorfer, 1913) Borneo Miletus drucei (Semper, 1888) chinensis species group Miletus bannanus Huang & Xue, 2004 Yunnan Miletus chinensis C. Felder, 1862 Miletus croton (Doherty, 1889) Miletus gaesa (de Nicéville, 1895) Sumatra Miletus mallus (Fruhstorfer, 1913) Miletus nymphis (Fruhstorfer, 1913) Sumatra melanion species group Miletus bazilanus (Fruhstorfer, 1913) Philippines Miletus melanion C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865 symethus species group Miletus ancon Doherty, 1889 Miletus archilocus Fruhstorfer, 1913 Vietnam Miletus atimonicus Murayama & Okamura, 1973 Philippines Miletus celinus Eliot, 1961 'S. Celebes' Miletus gallus (de Nicéville, 1894) Sumatra Miletus gigantes (de Nicéville, 1894) Sumatra Miletus heracleion (Doherty, 1891) Perak, Malaya Miletus leos (Guérin-Ménéville, 1830) Miletus rosei Cassidy, 1995 Miletus symethus (Cramer, ) Miletus takanamii Eliot, 1986 Philippines zinckenii species group Miletus gaetulus (de Nicéville, 1894) Sumatra Miletus gopara (de Nicéville, 1890) Miletus valeus (Fruhstorfer, 1913) "Hab. Malaya and N.E. Sumatra" Miletus zinckenii C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865
References
Boisduval, J. B. (1836). In Roret, Suite à Buffon, Histoire naturelle des Insectes. Species général des Lépidoptères 1: xii + 690pp., 24 pls. Paris. Cassidy, A. C. (1995). "On the Miletini (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) of the Sulawesi Region". Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan . 46: 1–12. Cramer, P. (1775–1780). De Uitlandsche Kapellen ... Asia, Africa en America ... Amsterdam, Baalde & Utrecht, 4 vols. Eliot, J. N. (1961). "An analysis of the genus Miletus Hübner (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)". Bulletin of the Raffles Museum. 26: 154–177, 24 figs. Eliot, J. N. (1986). "A review of the Miletini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) (Entomology). 53 (1): 1–105. Fruhstorfer, H. (1909–1923). In Seitz, A. Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde. 9. Stuttgart. Hübner, J. (1816–1826). Verzeichniss bekannter Schmettlinge. Augsberg. Horsfield, T. (1828–1829). A Descriptive Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Honourable East India Company. 144 pp., 8 pls. London.
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