Celastrina acesina

Celastrina acesina ♂.

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: Celastrina
Species: Celastrina acesina

Name

Celastrina acesina (Bethune-Baker, 1906).

Type locality: New Guinea, Owgarra.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH: "Owgarra, B. N. Guinea, A. S. Meek".

Synonymy

• Cyaniris acesina Bethune-Baker, 1906: 103; 1908: 117, pl. 8, fig. 10.
• Lycaenopsis acesina (Bethune-Baker); Chapman, 1909: 432, fig. 63 ♂ genitalia.
• Celastrina acesina (Bethune-Baker); D'Abrera, 1971: pl. 381 ♂♀; Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 251; Parsons, 1998: 469, pl. 72, figs 2170-2172.

References

• D'Abrera, B., 1971. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 1. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne.Reference page. 
• Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1906. New Species of Lycaenidae from British New Guinea. Annals and Magazine of natural History 7 (17): 100–104. BHL. Reference page. 
• Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1908. Descriptions of butterflies of the Division Rhopalocera from Africa and from New Guinea. Proceedings of the zoological Society, London 1908: 110–126, 2 pls. BHL. Reference page. 
• Chapman, T., 1909. A review of the species of the lepidopterous genus Lycaenopsis Feld. (Cyaniris auct. ned Dalm.) on examination of the male ancillary appendages. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909: 419–476, 72 figs. BHL. 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. 
• Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550. Reference page. 

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