Miletus biggsii
# Miletus biggsii

Miletus biggsii, the Bigg's brownie, is a small butterfly found in India and Myanmar that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

## Range

It is found in Kodagu (Coorg) in India, Myanmar, Thailand, Langkawi, Malaya, Tioman, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Belitung and Weh.

## Status

It is very rare in Kodagu (a single record) and rare in Myanmar as per Mark Alexander Wynter-Blyth.

## Description

A small butterfly, 32 to 38 mm in wingspan. The upper forewing in both sexes has a broad white discal band which is straight, coalesced and comprises at least one-fourth of the wing.

## Taxonomy

The butterfly was earlier known as Gerydus biggsii Distant. Eliot provisionally placed the single specimen from Kodagu in Miletus nymphis.

## Subspecies

* Miletus biggsii biggsii (southern Burma, Thailand, Langkawi, Malay Peninsula, Tioman, Singapore, Borneo, Sumatra, Belitung, Weh)
* Miletus biggsii albotignula (van Eecke, 1914) (Simalur)
* Miletus biggsii natunensis (Fruhstorfer, 1916) (Natuna Islands)
* Miletus biggsii niasicus (Fruhstorfer, 1913) (Nias Island, Batu Island)
