''Cigaritis elima'', the scarce shot silverline, is a species of

lycaenid Lycaenidae is the second-largest family of butterflies (behind Nymphalidae, brush-footed butterflies), with over 6,000 species worldwide, whose members are also called gossamer-winged butterflies. They constitute about 30% of the known butterfl ...

or blue butterfly found in

Sri Lanka Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්‍රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...

and India. The species was first described by

Frederic Moore Frederic Moore FZS (13 May 1830 – 10 May 1907) was a British entomologist and illustrator. He produced six volumes of ''Lepidoptera Indica'' and a catalogue of the birds in the collection of the East India Company. It has been said that Mo ...

in 1877.

Description

Subspecies

Subspecies of ''Cigaritis elima'':- *''Cigaritis elima elima'' Moore, 1877 – India *''Cigaritis elima uniformis'' Moore, 1882 – Kashmir *''Cigaritis elima fairliei'' *''Cigaritis elima ictina''

References

Cigaritis Fauna of Pakistan Butterflies described in 1877 {{Aphnaeini-stub