Acytolepis samanga

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Acytolepis
Species: Acytolepis samanga

Acytolepis samanga ♂,♀, North Sulawesi.

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

Name

Acytolepis samanga (Fruhstorfer, 1910).

Type locality: Indonesia, Sulawesi.

Lectotype: ♀, not located, designated by Eliot & Kawazoe, 1983: 188, 189.

Synonymy

• [Cyaniris akasa (Horsfield) sensu Pagenstecher, 1897: 415. Misidentification.]
• Cyaniris samanga Fruhstorfer, 1910: 286.
• [Cyaniris najara Fruhstorfer, 1910: 287 (partim, '♀' recte ♂, nec ♂).]
• [Lycaenopsis puspa kühni (Röber) f. najara (Fruhstorfer); Fruhstorfer, 1917: 26 (partim, '♀' recte ♂, nec ♂).]
• Lycaenopsis akasa parakasa Fruhstorfer, 1922: 862. Syntypes SM, Sulawesi, Minahassa.
• Lycaenopsis puspa kühni (Röber) dry season form-♀ samanga (Fruhstorfer) Fruhstorfer, 1922: 870, pl.152f ♀ (entitled lyseas in error).
• [Lycaenopsis puspa najara (Fruhstorfer); Fruhstorfer, 1922: 870, pl.152c '♂' recte ♀ (partim).]
• Acytolepis puspa samanga (Fruhstorfer) Toxopeus, 1928: 231 (partim, ♀ nec ♂).
• [Celastrina lavendularis lyce (Grose-Smith) sensu Toxopeus, 1928: 229 (partim, '♀' recte ♂, nec ♂). Misidentification.]
• Celastrina samanga (Fruhstorfer) Eliot, 1956: 35, fig. 2 ♂ genitalia.
• Acytolepis samanga (Fruhstorfer); Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 188; Cassidy, 1995: 55.

References

• Cassidy, A.C. 1995. On the Lycaenopsis group of genera (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) of the Sulawesi Region. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 46: 45–62. PDF. Reference page. 
• Eliot, J. N. 1956. New and little-known Rhopalocera from the Oriental Region. The Bulletin of the Raffles Museum 27: 32–38. 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. 
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1910. Neue Cyaniris-Rassen und Übersicht der bekannten Arten. Stettin. Ent. Ztg. 71 (1909): 282-305. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1917. Revision der Lycaenidengattung Lycaenopsis. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 82 (A) (1) (1916): 1–42, 2 pls. text, plates. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H. 1909–1927. In Seitz, A., Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 9. Stuttgart. BHL1, BHL2, Plates. Reference page. 
• Pagenstecher, A. F., 1897. In Kükenthal, W. Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Forschungsreise in den Molukken und in Borneo. Lepidopteren. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 23: 353-467, pls 18-20. 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.