Miletus (butterfly)

Miletus
Miletus rosei
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Miletinae
Tribe: Miletini
Genus: Miletus
Hübner, [1819]
Synonyms
  • Symetha Horsfield, [1828]
  • Gerydus Boisduval, [1836]
  • Archaeogerydus Fruhstorfer, 1915

Miletus is a genus of butterflies sometimes called brownies. Its species are found in the eastern Palearctic realm and the Indomalayan realm, and some stray east of the Wallace Line. The genus was erected by Jacob Hübner around 1819. Miletus is the type genus of the subfamily Miletinae.