''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 {{Miletinae-stub