Cigaritis lohita

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 - Java
Cigaritis lohita lazularia - Sri Lanka, South India
Cigaritis lohita himalayanus - India, Nepal, Bhutan, Assam, Sikkim to Burma, northern Thailand
Cigaritis lohita senama - Sumatra, Peninsular Malaya, Singapore, Langkawi, southern Thailand
*Cigaritis lohita senama f. zebrinus Moore, 1884 - Sri Lanka
Cigaritis lohita batina - southern Vietnam, China: southern Yunnan
Cigaritis lohita panasa - northern Vietnam
Cigaritis lohita formosana - Taiwan

Host plants

This species has been recorded on: Coffea liberica, Dioscorea species Glochidion rubrum, Hiptage benghalensis, Litchi species, Xylia species and Peltophorum species as well as on Psidium guajava.

Distribution

This species can be found in China, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Thailand, Sumatra, Java, Peninsular Malaya and Vietnam.