Cigaritis lohita, the long-banded silverline, is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly.
Description
The wingspan of Cigaritis lohita reaches .
Subspecies Cigaritis lohita lohita (Horsfield, 1829) - Java Cigaritis lohita lazularia (Moore, 1881) - Sri Lanka, South India Cigaritis lohita himalayanus (Moore, 1884) - India, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Sikkim to Burma, northern Thailand Cigaritis lohita senama (Fruhstorfer, 1912) - Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Langkawi, southern Thailand Cigaritis lohita senama f. zebrinus Moore, 1884 - Sri Lanka Cigaritis lohita batina (Fruhstorfer, 1912) - southern Vietnam, China: southern Yunnan Cigaritis lohita panasa (Fruhstorfer, 1912) - northern Vietnam Cigaritis lohita formosana (Moore, 1877) - TaiwanCigaritis lohita (Horsfield, ) at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms
Host plants This species has been recorded on: Coffea liberica (Rubiaceae), Dioscorea species (Dioscoreaceae) Glochidion rubrum (Euphorbiaceae), Hiptage benghalensis (Malpighiaceae), Litchi species (Sapindaceae), Xylia species and Peltophorum species (Leguminosae) as well as on Psidium guajava (Myrtaceae).nhm.ac.uk Caterpillar Host Plant Database
Distribution This species can be found in China, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Sumatra, Java, Peninsular Malaya and Vietnam.
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