Caleta mindarus

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Caleta
Species: Caleta mindarus
Subspecies: (2)
C. m. mindarus – C. m. vocetius

Caleta mindarus female from original description.

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

Caleta mindarus (C. Felder and R. Felder, [1865]).

Type locality: New Guinea.

Syntype: ♂ BMNH: "Dorey NG, Wallace Legit type", illustrated by Hirowatari, 1992.

Synonymy

• Lycaena mindarus C. & R. Felder, 1865: 268, pl.33, figs 13,14.
• Thysonotis mindarus (Felder); Ribbe, 1899: 240.
• Cupido mindarus (Felder); van Eecke, 1915: 77.
• Castalius mindarus (Felder); Fruhstorfer, 1918: 39.
• Caleta mindarus (Felder); Hirowatari, 1992: 41; 1993: 774.

References

• van Eecke, R., 1915. Studies on Indo-Australian Lepidoptera II. The Lepidoptera collected by the third New Guinea expedition. Nova Guinea, Zoologie 13: 55-79, 3 pls. text, plates. Reference page. 
• Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1865–75. Lepidoptera. In Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in der Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 under den Befehlen Commadore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band: Abtheilung. Vienna, 549 pp., 140 pls. Text. Plates. Reference page. 
• Hirowatari, T. 1992. A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae). Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture (B) 44 (Suppl.) PDF. Reference page. 
• Hirowatari, T., 1993. Biogeography of the Genus Caleta Fruhstorfer (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Jpn. J. Ent. 61(4): 771-782, 21 figs. Reference page. 
• Ribbe, C., 1899. Beiträge zur Lepidopteran-Fauna des Bismarck- und Salomo-Archipels in Süd-See. Deut. Ent. Zeit., (Iris) 12: 219-260, pl. 4. BHL text, plate. Reference page. 

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