Cigaritis lohita senema

Fruhstorfer 1912 - Long-banded Silverline

A common species found in secondary vegetation and fields.

Flight Period

Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
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Wingspan

23 - 28mm

Early Stages

Known. More detailed life history information is available from the following resource: ButterflyCircle Blog (courtesy of Dr. Horace Tan.)

Larval Foodplant

Dioscorea hispida, Dioscoria pentaphylla (both Dioscoreaceae), Psidium guajava (Myrtaceae) and Xylia xylocarpa (Mimosaceae)

Range

Southern Myanmar though to Indo-China, Thailand, down the peninsular through Malaysia to Singapore. Another subspecies can be found from Nepal, through Sikkim, Northern Myanmar to Northern Thailand.