Celastrina argiolus mauretanica

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 mauretanica

Name

Celastrina argiolus mauretanica (Rothschild, 1925).

Type locality: Algeria.

Holotype: ♀ not located.

Synonymy

• Lycaena argiolus algirica (var.) Oberthür, 1915: 401, pl. 288, fig. 2343 ♀. [Primary homonym of Lycaena melanops algirica Heyne, 1895.]
• Lycaena argiolus mauretanica Rothschild, 1925: 214. [Replacement name for Lycaena argiolus var. algirica Oberthür, 1915.]
• Celastrina argiolus mauretanica (Rothschild); Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 214.

References

• Eliot, J. N. & Kawazoé, A. 1983. Blue butterflies of the Lycaenopsis group. British Museum (Natural History), London. ISBN 0-565-00860-9. Reference page. 
• Oberthür, C., 1914. Faune des lépidoptères de la Barberie, Algerie. Études de Lépidoptérologie Comparée. 10: 1-459, [1915] Pls. 276-315. Reference page. 
• Rothschild, L.W. 1925. Critical list of the collection of Algerian Lepidoptera of the late Captain N. J. E. Holl. Novit. zool. 32: 195–229. Reference page.