Celastrina argiolus echo

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 argiolus
Subspecies: Celastrina argiolus echo

Name

Celastrina argiolus echo Edwards, 1864.

Type locality: USA, California.

Neotype: ♂ CM Pittsburgh, designated by Brown, 1970: 430.

Synonymy

• Lycaena echo Edwards, 1864: 506; 1884a: pl. Lycaena II, fig. 21 ♀.
• Cyaniris ladon ab. nunenmacheri Strand, 1915.
• Lycaenopsis pseudargiolus bakeri Clench, 1944.
• Celestrina [sic] argiolus echo (Edwards) Brown, 1970: 429, fig. 36 ♂ (neotype of echo).
• Celastrina argiolus echo (Edwards); Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 222.

References

• Edwards, W.H., 1864. Descriptions of certain species of diurnal lepidoptera found within the limits of the United States and British North America, 3. Proc. Ent. Soc. Philadelphia 2: 501-507. 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.