Celastrina argiolus ladon

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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

Name

Celastrina argiolus ladon (Cramer, 1780).

Type locality: USA, Maryland.

Neotype: ♂ AME, designated by Clench & Miller, 1980: 117, figs 9, 10.

Papilio ladon Cramer, 1780: 141, pl. 270, figs. D, E ♂.
Argus pseudargiolus Boisduval & Le Conte, 1835: 118, pl. 36, figs. 1, 2 ♂, 3 ♀, 4 larva, 5 pupa. [Synonymised by Butler, 1885: 53].
Lycaena violacea Edwards, 1866: 201; 1870: pl. Lycaena I, figs. 1, 2 ♂, 3 ♀. Lectotype CM ♂designated by Brown, 1970: 423. [Synonymised by Butler, 1885: 53].
Lycaena pseudargiolus (Boisduval & Le Conte) sensu Edwards, 1870: pl. Lycaena II, figs. 1, 2 ♂, 3 ♀.
Lycaena pseudargiolus (Boisduval & Le Conte); Edwards, 1884a: Lycaena II.
Cyaniris ladon (Cramer) Butler, 1885: 53; 1900: 449; Draudt, 1921: 818, pl. 144h ♂♀.
Cyaniris pseudargiolus (Boisduval & Le Conte) Scudder 1889: 928.
Celastrina argiolus pseudargiolus f. neglecta-major Tutt, 1908: 407. [Replacement name for Lycaena pseudargiolus (Boisduval & Le Conte) sensu Edwards, 1870.]
Celestrina [sic] argiolus pseudargiolus (Boisduval & Le Conte) Brown, 1970: 423, fig. 31 ♂ (lectotype of violacea (Edwards)).
Celastrina ladon ladon (Cramer) Clench & Miller, 1980: 103, figs. 9, 10 ♂ (neotype of ladon Cramer).

Clench, H. K. & Miller, L. D., 1980. Papilio ladon Cramer vs Argus pseudargiolus Boisduval & LeConte (Lycaenidae): a nomenclaturial nightmare. J. Lepid. Soc. 34: 103-118, 14 figs. Reference page.
Cramer, P. 1775–1780. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in der drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Afrika en America (etc). Amsterdam, Baalde & Utrecht, Parts 1–3. Pt.1 [1775]: xxx+16, 1–132, pls 1–84; [1776]: 133–156, pls 85–96; Pt.2 [1777]: 1–152, pls 97–192; Pt.3 [1779]: 1–104, pls 193–252; [1780]: 105–176, pls 253–288; Pt.4 [1780]: 1–246, pls 289–400. 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.

English: Spring Azure
Frysk: Foarjiersblaujurkje

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