Common silverline
The common silverline is a small butterfly with two thin tails on each back wing. Underneath, its wings are pale yellow with red-brown bands lined with silver. Its feelers are black with white dots and a red tip.
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Fun facts
Its wings are about 2.5 to 3.5 centimetres from tip to tip.
When it is drinking nectar it is hard to disturb, and if it flies off, it comes right back to the same spot.
There are the most of them during the monsoon rains.
On top, the male is dark brown with a violet shine and orange-red bands.
Most asked questions about Common silverline
?Where does the common silverline live?
In India, Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia, in scrubby places and hedgerows.
?Why is it called a silverline?
The bands under its wings are lined with silver.
For bug experts
- Scientific name
- Cigaritis vulcanus
- Named by
- Fabricius, 1775
- Group
- Butterflies
- Family
- Lycaenidae
- Classification
- Insecta > Lepidoptera > Lycaenidae
- Lives on
- Asia
Where the facts come from
- Cigaritis vulcanus (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0): what it looks like, where it lives, what it eats, sizes and fun facts, retold in simple words.
- Picture by Vengolis. CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons. The sticker of this bug is drawn from this picture.
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