Celastrina gigas

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 gigas

Name

Celastrina gigas (Hemming, 1928).

Type locality: India, Mussoorie.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH. Paratype: ♂ OUMNH, images.

Synonymy

• Lycaenopsis gigas Hemming, 1928: 29, pl. 2, fig. 3 ♂ genitalia.
• Lycaenopsis ladonides gigas Hemming; Evans, 1932: 225; Jones, 1938: 134–135, 1 pl all stages from egg to adult.
• Celastrina ladonides gigas (Hemming) Cantlie, 1943: 49.
• Celastrina gigas (Hemming); Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 231.

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. 
• Evans, W.H. 1932. The Identification of Indian Butterflies, Edn.2 revised, 454pp., 32 pls. Madras. Reference page. 
• Hemming, A. F., 1928. A new Indian species of the genus Lycaenopsis Feld. Proc. ent. Soc. Lond. 3: 29–31, 1 pl. Reference page. 
• Jones, A.E., 1938. On the differences between Lycaenopsis huegelii huegelii and Lycaenopsis ladonides gigas. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 40: 134–135. BHL, 1 pl. Reference page. 

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