Catapaecilma major

Common tinsel
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Genus: Catapaecilma
Species:
C. major
Binomial name
Catapaecilma major
(H. H. Druce, 1895)
Synonyms
  • Catapoecilma major anais Fruhstorfer, 1915
  • Catapoecilma elegans emas Fruhstorfer, 1912
  • Catapoecilma major tyana Fruhstorfer, 1915
  • Catapoecilma elegans myosotina Fruhstorfer, 1912
  • Tajuria major moltrechti Wileman, 1908
  • Catapoecilma elegans sophonias Fruhstorfer, 1912
  • Catapoecilma major sophonias Fruhstorfer, 1915

Catapaecilma major, the common tinsel, is a species of butterfly belonging to the lycaenid family described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1895. It is found in the Indomalayan realm.