Acytolepis lilacea lilacea

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Acytolepis
Species: Acytolepis lilacea
Subspecies: Acytolepis lilacea lilacea

Name

Acytolepis lilacea lilacea (Hampson, 1889).

Type locality: S. India, Nilgiri.

Lectotype: ♂ BMNH: "Type, Nilgiris. S. slopes. 3000ft Aug. 88. Hampson 89.53, Cyaniris puspa var. lilacea Hamp."

Synonymy

• Cyaniris puspa lilacea (var.) Hampson, 1889: 356.
• Cyaniris crissa de Nicéville, 1894: 31, pl. 2, fig. 12 ♂. India. Synonymised by Bingham, 1907: 324.
• Cyaniris lilacea (Hampson) Bingham, 1907: 324.
• Lycaenopsis lilacea (Hampson) Swinhoe, 1910: 210, pl. 621, figs. 1 ♂, 1a ♀, 1b ♂.
• Acytolepis puspa (lilacea) lilacea (Hampson) Toxopeus, 1927b: 294.
• Lycaenopsis puspa lilacea (Hampson) Evans: 1953: 755 (partim).
• Acytolepis lilacea lilacea (Hampson); Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 187.

References

• Bingham, C.T. 1907. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Butterflies Vol. 2 London, Taylor & Francis: viii+480pp., 104 text-figs., Pls. 11–20.Reference page. 
• Eliot, J. N. & Kawazoé, A. 1983. Blue butterflies of the Lycaenopsis group. British Museum (Natural History), London. ISBN 0-565-00860-9. Reference page. 
• Evans, W. H., 1953. A note on the Indian species of the genus Lycaenopsis (Felder). J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 51: 755.
• Hampson, G.F. [1889]. The Butterflies of the Nilgiri District, South India. J. Asiat. Soc. Beng. 57(4): 346–368. Reference page. 
• de Nicéville, L., 1894. On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region. J. Asiatic. Soc. Beng. 63: 1–58, 5 pls. Reference page. 
• Swinhoe, C., 1910. In Moore, Lepidoptera Indica. 7 (1905-1910) Pieridae (cont.), Lycaenidae. x + 286 pp., pls. 551-639. London. text, plates. Reference page. 
• Toxopeus, L. J., 1927-1928. Eine Revision der javanischen, zu Lycaenopsis und verwandten Genera gehörigen Arten. Tijdschr. Ent. 70: 232-302, 1pl., 27 figs; ibid. 71: 179-265, 1 pl., 29 figs. Reference page.