Miletus chinensis longeana

Miletus chinensis longeana, or Long's brownie,[1][2] is a small but striking subspecies of butterfly found in India and Myanmar[3][4] that belongs to the lycaenids or blues family.

The upper forewing in both sexes has a prominent curved white discal band; the lower spots composing it are separate and sometimes coalesced in female.

The dry-season form of the butterfly is white above except for the apex and a discal brown patch of the forewing and the costa on the hindwing.

[4] The butterfly was earlier known as Gerydus longeana de Nicéville.

[3] It was formerly treated as a species, but is now regarded as a subspecies of Miletus chinensis.