''Miletus melanion'' is a
butterfly
Butterflies are insects in the macrolepidopteran clade Rhopalocera from the Order (biology), order Lepidoptera, which also includes moths. Adult butterflies have large, often brightly coloured wings, and conspicuous, fluttering flight. The ...
in the family
Lycaenidae
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 ...
. It is found on the
Philippines
The Philippines (; fil, Pilipinas, links=no), officially the Republic of the Philippines ( fil, Republika ng Pilipinas, links=no),
* bik, Republika kan Filipinas
* ceb, Republika sa Pilipinas
* cbk, República de Filipinas
* hil, Republ ...
.
Subspecies
* ''Miletus melanion melanion'' (Philippines)
* ''Miletus melanion euphranor''
(Fruhstorfer, 1914) (Philippines: Mindoro)
References
Butterflies described in 1865
Miletus (butterfly)
Butterflies of Asia
Taxa named by Cajetan von Felder
Taxa named by Rudolf Felder
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