Catochrysops panormus

Catochrysops panormus, the silver forget-me-not,^[2] is a small butterfly found from India^[2] to the Philippines and south to Australia^[1] that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family. The species was first described by Cajetan Felder in 1860.

Silver forget-me-not
C. p. exiguus mating, Indonesia
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Catochrysops
Species:	C. panormus
Binomial name
Catochrysops panormus (C. Felder, 1860)
Subspecies
Ten, see text
Synonyms[1]
Lycaena panormus

Subspecies

Listed alphabetically:^[1]

• C. p. batchiana Tite, 1959 – Bachan, Halmahera, Obi
• C. p. caerulea Tite, 1959 – New Hebrides
• C. p. caledonica Felder – Loyalty Islands
• C. p. exiguus (Distant, 1886) – India,^[2] Sumatra, Taiwan, southern Yunnan
• C. p. panormus Sri Lanka, Indochina
• C. p. papuana Tite, 1959 – Aru, West Papua, Papua, Bismarck Archipelago
• C. p. platissa (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869) – Torres Strait Islands, northern Australia - New South Wales (Byron Bay)
• C. p. pura Tite, 1959 – Solomon Islands (not Rennell Island)
• C. p. rennellensis Howarth, 1962 – Rennell Island
• C. p. timorensis Tite, 1959 – Timor, Wetar, Kissar

The subspecies of Catochrysops panormus found in India are:^[3]

• C. p. exiguus Distant, 1886 – Malay silver forget-me-not
• C. p. andamanica Tite, 1959 – Andaman silver forget-me-not

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See also

• List of butterflies of India
• List of butterflies of India (Lycaenidae)