Catochrysops panormus

Silver forget-me-not
	C. p. exiguus mating, Indonesia
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
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;

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.

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]

Savela, Markku (August 10, 2017). "Catochrysops panormus (Felder, 1860)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 11, 2020.
R. K., Varshney; Smetacek, Peter (2015). A Synoptic Catalogue of the Butterflies of India. New Delhi: Butterfly Research Centre, Bhimtal & Indinov Publishing, New Delhi. p. 133. doi:10.13140/RG.2.1.3966.2164. ISBN 978-81-929826-4-9.
"Catochrysops panormus Felder, 1860 – Silver Forget-me-not". Retrieved 26 August 2017.

Takanami, Yusuke & Seki, Yasuo (2001). "Genus Catochrysops". A Synonymic List of Lycaenidae from the Philippines. Archived from the original on September 23, 2015 – via Internet Archive. With images.

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