Celastrina ebenina

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 ebenina

Name

Celastrina ebenina Clench, 1972.

Type locality: USA, West Virginia, Coalburgh.

Holotype: ♂ CM Pittsburgh.

Synonymy

• [Lycaena violacea Edwards sensu Edwards, 1870: 149, pl. Lycaena II, fig. 4 '♀' (recte. ♂) var. Misidentification.]
• Lycaena lucia Kirby ab. a. '♀' (recte ♂) Nig. And ab. b. ♀ intermedia Strecker, 1878: 95. [Nomina nuda.]
• [Lycaena pseudargiolus, winter form violacea Edwards, dimorphic ♂ sensu Edwards, 1884a: 315. pl. Lycaena II, fig. 7 ♂. Misidentification.]
• [Lycaena pseudargiolus, winter form violacea, dimorphic ♂ form nigra Edwards, 1884b: 306. Lectotype CM ♂, Coalburgh, West Virginia, designated by Brown, 1970: 425. [Infrasubspecific name.]]
• Cyaniris ladon (Cramer) f. nigra (Edwards) Draudt, 1921: 815, pl. 144i ♂.
• Celestrina [sic] argiolus pseudargiolus (Lycaena nigra Edwards); Brown, 1970: 424, fig. 32 ♂ (lectotype of nigra (Edwards)).
• Celastrina ebenina Clench, 1972: 33, figs. 1, 2, 3 ♂, 4, 5 ♀, 10 ♂genitalia; Wagner & Mellichamp, 1978: 20, figs. 4-12 early stages.

References

• Clench, H. K. 1972. Celestrina ebenina, a new species of Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) from the eastern United States, Ann. Carneg. Mus. 44: 35–44, 12 figs. 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. 

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