Catapaecilma major, the common tinsel,[2][3][4] is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1895. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.[5][4][2][3][6]
Catapaecilma major | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Lycaenidae |
Genus: | Catapaecilma |
Species: | C. major
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Binomial name | |
Catapaecilma major (H. H. Druce, 1895)[1]
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The two Bornean specimens (females) [of Catapaecilma elegans] before me differ from Sikkim examples by the central band on the fore wing below being straight, not Y-shaped, as appears to be invariably the case in Indian specimens, also in those from Ceylon, and again from Sumatra. On such slight material I do not propose to admit at present that the Indian representatives belong to a distinct species (they are certainly not typical), but in the event of their requiring a name I would suggest major.
— Hamilton Herbert Druce, A Monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae[1]
The larvae feed on Terminalia paniculata.