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Gerydus Longeana
''Miletus chinensis longeana'', or Long's brownie,. Retrieved 21 April 2018. is a small but striking subspecies of butterfly found in India and Myanmar that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. Range It ranges from Manipur in India to Myanmar. Status This subspecies is reported as not being rare by William Harry Evans and as rare as per Mark Alexander Wynter-Blyth. Description A small butterfly, 30 to 38 mm in wingspan. The upper forewing in both sexes has a prominent curved white discal band; the lower spots composing it are separate and sometimes coalesced in female. The apical area of the upper forewing is darker than the basal area. The dry-season form of the butterfly is white above except for the apex and a discal brown patch of the forewing and the costa on the hindwing. Taxonomy The butterfly was earlier known as '' Gerydus longeana'' de Nicéville. It was formerly treated as a species, but is now regarded as a subspecies of ''Miletus chinensis ''Miletus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lionel De Nicéville
Charles Lionel Augustus de Nicéville (1852 in Bristol – 3 December 1901 in Calcutta from malaria) was a curator at the Indian Museum in Calcutta (now Kolkata). He studied the butterflies of the Indian Subcontinent and wrote a three volume monograph on the butterflies of India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Burma and Sri Lanka. He also studied the mantids of the Oriental region. Biography Born in a noble Huguenot family, his father was a physician. He was educated at St. John's College at Hurstpierpoint near Brighton.Rao, BR Subba (1998) ''History of entomology in India''. Institution of Agricultural Technologist, Bangalore. Leaving England for India in 1870, de Nicéville became a clerk in a government office (Calcutta Small Cause Court) but from at least 1881, devoted all of his spare time to entomology. He worked with most 'Indian' entomologists of the day but especially with Henry John Elwes, Taylor, Wood–Mason, Martin and Marshall. At this time, he made several trips to Sikkim. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |