Allotinus (Paragerydus) melos

Taxonavigation

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: Miletinae
Tribus: Miletini
Genus: Allotinus
Subgenus: Allotinus (Paragerydus)
Species: Allotinus (Paragerydus) melos

Name

Allotinus (Paragerydus) melos (H. H. Druce, 1896)

Type locality: Philippines, Cagayan Sulu

Lectotype: ♂ BMNH, "Paratype [yellow]/Cagayan 3. 6. 94/Paragerydus melos ♂ co-type H. H. Druce/ex coll. Hamilton Druce 1919/Joicey bequest Brit. Mus. 1934-120". Designated by Eliot, 1986:37.

Synonymy

[Paragerydus horsfieldi (Moore) sensu Semper, 1889: 164 partim, pl. 31, figs 19 ♂, 20 ♀. Misidentification.]
Paragerydus melos H. H. Druce, 1896: 652.
Allotinus melos (Druce) Fruhstorfer, 1913: 369.
Allotinus horsfieldi leos [sic] (Druce); Fruhstorfer, 1916: 812.
Allotinus horsfieldi reverdini Fruhstorfer, 1916: 812. Lectotype: ♂ SM, "19/Bohol/298b/213/Coll. C. Semper/Original of Semper Pl. 31, fig 19 from Mindanao. ?loc. label changed. Det. as A. melos reverdini Fruh. ♂ J. N. Eliot. ix. 1982". Synonymised by Eliot, 1986: 36.
Allotinus macassariensis [sic] melos (H. H. Druce); Eliot, 1967: 68.
Allotinus macassariensis [sic] reverdini Fruhstorfer; Eliot, 1967: 68.
Allotinus macassariensis [sic] talu Eliot, 1967: 68. Holotype: ♂ BMNH, Borneo, Pulo Laut. Synonymised by Eliot, 1986: 36.

References

Druce, H. H., 1896. Further contributions to our knowledge of the Bornean Lycaenidae. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1896(3): 650–683, 3 pls.
Eliot, J. N., 1967. Revisional notes on Oriental butterflies, with special reference to Malaya, P2. 2. Entomologist 99: 66–72, 5 figs.
Eliot, J. N., 1986. A review of the Miletini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 53(1): 1–105.
Fruhstorfer, H., 1913/14. Übersicht der Gerydinae und Diagnosen neuer oder verkannter Formen. Zeit. für Wissen. Ins. 9: 242–247; 341-344; 367-371; 10: 20–25; 59-63; 11: 267–269.
Fruhstorfer, H., 1916. In Seitz, A., Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 9, Gattungen Gerydus, Allotinus, Logania, pp. 803-823. Stuttgart.
Semper, G., 1886-1892. Die Schmetterlinge der Philippinischen Inseln, I. Tagfalter. 380 + 14 pp., 49 + 2 pls. Wiesbaden.

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