Male. Upperside brown, paler in colour than Cigaritis vulcanus fusca. Forewlng very variable in markings, sometime.s the orange-red transverse streaks are very few and ill defined, sometimes towards the upper outer part of the wing they are so broad as to form an orange-red ground colour traversed by brown bands. Hindwing highly tinted with blue (not lilac as in fusca), the disc in certain lights being bright blue in fresh specimens, anal orange-red patch and tails as in fusca. Underside with the ground colour and bands as in fusca, but all the bands are at more even distances apart from each other and are consequently closer together. Female. Upperside brown like the male, but with no blue tint or gloss; markings above and below similar, but the bands on the underside a good deal broader than they are in the male.
^ abR.K., Varshney; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. pp. 94–95. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN978-81-929826-4-9.
^ abSavela, Markku. "Cigaritis schistacea (Moore, [1881])". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
^"Checklist of Butterflies of Western Ghats". indiabiodiversity.org/. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
^ ab One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain:Swinhoe, Charles (1911–1912). Lepidoptera Indica. Vol. IX. Vol. 9. London: Lovell Reeve and Co. p. 162.
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cigaritis, schistacea, plumbeous, silverline, species, lycaenid, blue, butterfly, found, lanka, south, india, myanmar, plumbeous, silverlinein, hyderabad, indiascientific, classificationdomain, eukaryotakingdom, animaliaphylum, arthropodaclass, insectaorder, l. Cigaritis schistacea the plumbeous silverline 1 2 is a species of lycaenid or blue butterfly found in Sri Lanka south India and Myanmar 1 2 3 4 Plumbeous silverlineIn Hyderabad IndiaScientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily LycaenidaeGenus CigaritisSpecies C schistaceaBinomial nameCigaritis schistacea Moore 1881 SynonymsAphnaeus schistacea Moore 1881 Spindasis schistacea Moore 1881 Description editFor a key to the terms used see Glossary of entomology terms Male Upperside brown paler in colour than Cigaritis vulcanus fusca Forewlng very variable in markings sometime s the orange red transverse streaks are very few and ill defined sometimes towards the upper outer part of the wing they are so broad as to form an orange red ground colour traversed by brown bands Hindwing highly tinted with blue not lilac as in fusca the disc in certain lights being bright blue in fresh specimens anal orange red patch and tails as in fusca Underside with the ground colour and bands as in fusca but all the bands are at more even distances apart from each other and are consequently closer together Female Upperside brown like the male but with no blue tint or gloss markings above and below similar but the bands on the underside a good deal broader than they are in the male Charles Swinhoe Lepidoptera Indica Vol IX 4 Notes and references edit a b R K Varshney Smetacek Peter 2015 A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India New Delhi Butterfly Research Centre Bhimtal amp Indinov Publishing New Delhi pp 94 95 doi 10 13140 RG 2 1 3966 2164 ISBN 978 81 929826 4 9 a b Savela Markku Cigaritis schistacea Moore 1881 Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms Retrieved June 30 2018 Checklist of Butterflies of Western Ghats indiabiodiversity org Retrieved 13 February 2013 a b nbsp One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain Swinhoe Charles 1911 1912 Lepidoptera Indica Vol IX Vol 9 London Lovell Reeve and Co p 162 Biodiversity data portal This Aphnaeinae related article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Cigaritis schistacea amp oldid 1150678375, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
