Chilades lajus lajus

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Chilades
Species: Chilades lajus
Subspecies: Chilades lajus lajus

Chilades lajus lajus, male, N. Thailand.

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

Chilades lajus lajus (Stoll, [1780]).

Type locality: India, Coromandel coast.

Holotype: not located.

Synonyms

• Papilio lajus Stoll. [1780]: 4(27), p. 62, pl. 319, figs D, E.
• Hesperia cajus Fabricius, 1793: 296.
• Lycaena brahmina C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865: 279, pl. 35, figs 15,16. Bengal.
• Polyommatus varunana Moore, [1866]: 772, pl. 41, fig. 6. Lectotype ♂ BMNH designated by Bálint, 1999: 62
• Polyommatus kandura Moore, [1866]; Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865 (3) : 772, pl. 41, f. 7
• Chilades laius [sic] (Stoll); Moore, 1881: 77; Swinhoe, 1885: 133.
• Chilades varunana (Moore); Moore, 1881: 77, pl. 35, fig. 3; Swinhoe, 1885: 133.
• Chilades lajus (Stoll); Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003: 164.

References

• Bálint, Z.,1999. Annotated list of type specimens of Polyommatus sensu Eliot of the Natural History Museum, London (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). PDF. Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 46: 3–82. Reference page. 
• Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tomus III. Pars I. C. G. Proft, Hafniae, [vi] + 487 pp. BHL. Reference page. 
• Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1865–75. Lepidoptera. In Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in der Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 under den Befehlen Commadore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band: Abtheilung. Vienna, 549 pp., 140 pls. Text. Plates. Reference page. 
• Moore, F., [1866]. On the lepidopterous insects of Bengal. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1865(3): 755–823, 3 pls. Reference page. 
• Moore, F. 1881-83. The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Vols. 1, 190pp, pls 1–71. 2, 162pp, pls 72–143. L. Reeve & Co., London. Reference page. 
• Stoll, C. 1780–1790. In Cramer, P. De Uitlandsche Kapellen voorkomende in der drie Waereld-Deelen Asia, Afrika en America (etc). Amsterdam, Baalde & Utrecht. Part 4 + Suppl. Pt.4 [1780]: 29–90, pls 305–336; [1781]: 91–164, pls 337–372; [1782]: 165–252, pls 373–400; Suppl [1787]: 1–42, pls 1–8; [1790]: 43–184, pls 9–42. Reference page. 
• Swinhoe, C., 1885. On the Lepidoptera of Bombay and the Deccan. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1885(1): 124-148, pl. 9. text, plate. Reference page. 
• Vane-Wright, R.I. & de Jong, R. 2003. The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island fauna. Zoologische Verhandelingen 343: 3–267, figs 1–14, pls 1–16. Online. Reference page.