Catapaecilma major

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.

Description
"The two Bornean specimens (females) [of Catapaecilma elegans] before me differ from Sikkim examples by the central band on the fore wing below being straight, not Y-shaped, as appears to be invariably the case in Indian specimens, also in those from Ceylon, and again from Sumatra. On such slight material I do not propose to admit at present that the Indian representatives belong to a distinct species (they are certainly not typical), but in the event of their requiring a name I would suggest major."

The larvae feed on Terminalia paniculata.

Subspecies
The subspecies are:
 * Catapaecilma major major (northern India to Myanmar, northern Thailand)
 * Catapaecilma major anais Fruhstorfer, 1915 (northeast India)
 * Catapaecilma major albicans Corbet, 1941 (Myanmar, Thailand, Laos)
 * Catapaecilma major emas Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Peninsular Malaysia, Singapore, southern Thailand)
 * Catapaecilma major callone (Fruhstorfer, 1915) (southern India)
 * Catapaecilma major myosotina Fruhstorfer, 1912 (Sri Lanka)
 * Catapaecilma major sedina (Fruhstorfer, 1915) (north-eastern Sumatra)
 * Catapaecilma major moltrechti (Wileman, 1908) (Taiwan)
 * Catapaecilma major sophonias Fruhstorfer, 1912 (western Java)