Euchrysops cnejus

Euchrysops cnejus, <♂♂, Thailand, Sulwesi, Bacan: ♀♀, Brunei, Sulawesi>

Taxonavigation

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: Euchrysops
Species: Euchrysops cnejus
Subspecies: E. c. cnejus – E. c. cnidus – E. c. vitiensis

Name

Euchrysops cnejus Fabricius, 1798.

Type locality: South India, Tranquebar.

Holotype: not located

Synonymy

• Hesperia cnejus Fabricius, 1798; Ent. Syst. (Suppl.): 430, no. 100-101.
• Lycaena pandia Kollar, [1844]: 418, TL: Kashmir, Massuri.
• Lycaena patala Kollar, [1844]: 419, TL: Kashmir, Massuri.
• Lycaena monica Reakirt, 1866: 244, TL: "California"
• Lycaena samoa Herrich-Schäffer, 1869: 73, pl. 4, f. 18, TL: Samoa
• Lycaena hypoleuca Prittwitz, 1867: 273, (praeocc.). TL: Australia, ?Botany Bay
• Cupido amazara Kirby, 1871: 376 (repl. hypoleuca Prittwitz)
• Catochrysops hapalina Butler, 1883: 148, pl. 24, f. 2-3, TL: Mhow, C. India. Synonymised in Butler, 1900: 2.
• Catochrysops trifracta Butler, 1884: 194, TL: West Malaysia, Rat Is.
• Catochrysops theseus Swinhoe, 1885: 131, pl. 9, f. 8, TL: India, Bombay. Synonymised in Butler, 1900: 2.
• Plebejus luzonicus Röber, 1886: 60, pl. 5, f. 22, TL: Luzon
• Euchrysops suffusus Rothschild, 1915: 137, TL: Bali
• Euchrysps cnejus (Fabricius) Butler, 1900: 1; Eliot, 1992: 415.

References

• Butler, A. G., 1883. On a collection of Lepidoptera received from Lt. Col. Charles Swinhoe… Proc. zool. Soc. London 1883(2): 144-175, pl.24. BHL text, plate. Reference page. 
• Butler, A. G., 1884. The Lepidoptera collected during the recent expedition of HMS Challenger, II. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (5)13: 183–203, BHL. Reference page. 
• Butler, A.G. 1900: On a new genus of Lycaenidae hitherto confounded with Catochrysops. Entomologist, 33(440): 1–2. BHLReference page. 
• Eliot, J. N. 1992. With plates by D'Abrera, in Corbet & Pendlebury. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula 4th Edn. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. 595pp., 69 pls. Reference page. 
• Fabricius, J.C. 1792. Entomologia systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tomus I. Pars 1. Hafniae: C.G. Proft, xx + 330 pp. BHL PDF Reference page. 
• Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. 1869. Neuer Schmetterlinge aus dem Museum Godeffroy in Hamburg. Erste Abtheilung: die Tagfalter. Stett. ent. Ztg. 30(1–3): 65–80, pls. 1–4. Reference page. 
• Kirby, W.F. 1871. A synonymic catalogue of the diurnal lepidoptera. Van Voorst, London, 8vo, 690pp. BHL. ibid. 1877 Supplement. BHL Reference page. 
• Kollar, V., 1844–1848. Aufzählung und Beschreibung der von Freihern Carl v. Hügel aur seiner Reise durch Kaschmir. (Lepidoptera). In Hügel, C., Kaschmir und das Reich der Siek Stuttgart, Halbergerische verlagshandlung 4(2): 397–398, 403–496, 22 pls.. Reference page. 
• von Prittwitz, O. 1867. Lepidopterologisches. Entomologische Zeitung 28(7–9): 257–277. BHL Reference page. 
• Reakirt, T. 1866–7. Descriptions of some new species of diurnal Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 18: 238–249 [1866], 331–341 [1867]. Reference page. 
• Röber, J., 1886. Neue Tagschmetterlinge der Indo-Austalischen Fauna. Correspondenz-blatt des Entomologischen Vereins "Iris" zu Dresden 1(3): 45-72, Pls. 2-5. Reference page. 
• Rothschild, L.W. 1915. On Lepidoptera from the islands of Ceram, Buru, Bali and Misol. Novit. Zool. 22(1): 105–144; 22(2): 209–227.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. 

Vernacular names

English: Gram Blue
தமிழ்: பயறு நீலன்

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