Miletus (butterfly)
# Miletus (butterfly)

Miletus is a genus of butterflies sometimes called brownies. Its species are found in the eastern Palearctic realm and the Indomalayan realm, and some stray east of the Wallace Line. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner around 1819. Miletus is the type genus of the subfamily Miletinae.

## Species

* boisduvali species group
   * Miletus biggsii (Distant, 1884)
   * Miletus boisduvali Moore, 1857
   * Miletus cellarius (Fruhstorfer, 1913)
   * Miletus drucei (Semper, 1888)
* chinensis species group
   * Miletus bannanus Huang & Xue, 2004
   * Miletus chinensis C. Felder, 1862
   * Miletus croton (Doherty, 1889)
   * Miletus gaesa (de Nicéville, 1895)
   * Miletus mallus (Fruhstorfer, 1913)
   * Miletus nymphis (Fruhstorfer, 1913)
* melanion species group
   * Miletus bazilanus (Fruhstorfer, 1913)
   * Miletus melanion C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865
* symethus species group
   * Miletus ancon Doherty, 1889
   * Miletus archilocus Fruhstorfer, 1913
   * Miletus atimonicus Murayama & Okamura, 1973
   * Miletus celinus Eliot, 1961
   * Miletus gallus (de Nicéville, 1894)
   * Miletus gigantes (de Nicéville, 1894)
   * Miletus heracleion (Doherty, 1891)
   * Miletus leos (Guérin-Ménéville, 1830)
   * Miletus rosei Cassidy, 1995
   * Miletus symethus (Cramer, [1777])
   * Miletus takanamii Eliot, 1986
* zinckenii species group
   * Miletus gaetulus (de Nicéville, 1894)
   * Miletus gopara (de Nicéville, 1890)
   * Miletus valeus (Fruhstorfer, 1913)
   * Miletus zinckenii C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865
