Castalius fasciatus

Castalius fasciatus females, from early works.

Castalius fasciatus adorabilis <♂,♀> Northern Sulawesi.

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: Castalius
Species: Castalius fasciatus
Subspecies: C. f. adorabilis – C. f. fasciatus

Name

Castalius fasciatus (Röber, 1887).

Type locality: Indonesia, East Sulawesi, Banggai Is.

Holotype: ♀ MTKD, "Original (p) Purple/Plebeius fasciatus m. (h)/ Bangkei H. Kühn 1885(p)/ Coll. C. Ribbe Gesch."

Synonymy

• Plebeius fasciatus Röber, 1887: 194, pl.9 fig.15.
• Tarucus fasciatus (Röber); Bethune-Baker, [1918]: 292, pl.17 fig.17; Takanami, 1989: 48.
• Castalius fasciatus (Röber); Hirowatari, 1992: 54, Pl.1 Figs l2a-c, Fig.38E-F ♀ genit.

References

• Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1917. A revision of the genus Tarucus. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 65: 269–296. BHL. 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. 
• Röber, J., 1887. Neue Schmetterlinge aus Indien. Correspbl. ent. Ver. Iris 1(4): 185-202, pls. 7-9. text, plates. Reference page. 
• Takanami, Y., 1989. On some type specimens of Lycaenidae from South East Asia. Tyô to Ga 40(1): 23-80. PDF. Reference page. 

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