Callenya melaena melaena

Callenya melaena melaena, = Cyaniris melaenoides Tytler, male, from Tytler, 1915.

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: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Callenya
Species: Callenya melaena
Subspecies: Callenya melaena melaena

Name

Callenya melaena melaena (Doherty, 1889).

Type locality: Burma.

Holotype: ♂, not located.

Synonymy

• Cyaniris melaena Doherty, 1889: 434, pl. 23, fig. 13 ♂.
• Cyaniris melaenoides Tytler, 1915: 121, pl. 3, fig 28 ♂. Lectotype BMNH ♂, India, Manipur. (Synonymised by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 259).
• Acytolepis melaena (Doherty) Toxopeus, 1927b: 273, fig. 13 ♂ genitalia.
• Lycaenopsis minima Evans, 1932: 222. Lectotype BMNH ♂, India, Manipur. (Synonymised by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 259).
• Celastrina melaena melaena (Doherty) Corbet, 1940: 40.
• Celastrina melaena melaenoides (Tytler) Corbet: 1940: 40.

References

• Corbet, A. S., 1940. Observations on species of Lycaenidae from the Malay Peninsula (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 9(1): 1–6, 7 figs. Reference page. 
• Doherty, W., 1889. On certain Lycaenidae from Lower Tenasserim. J. asiat. Soc. Beng. 58(4): 409-440, Pl.23. 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. 1932. The Identification of Indian Butterflies, Edn.2 revised, 454pp., 32 pls. Madras. Reference page. 
• Tytler, H. C., 1915. Notes on some new and interesting butterflies from Manipur and the Naga Hills, Pt. III. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 24: 119-155, pl.3, pl.4. Reference page. 

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