Cigaritis syama

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

Cigaritis syama
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Cigaritis
Species:	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)

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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