Megisba malaya sikkima

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Megisba
Species: Megisba malaya
Subspecies: Megisba malaya sikkima

Megisba malaya sikkima, <♂,♀>, North Sulawesi.

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

Megisba malaya sikkima Moore, 1884.

Type locality: India, Sikkim.

Holotype: ♂ ZSI?.

Synonymy

• Megisba sikkima Moore, 1884: 21. (Wet season form).
• Pathalia albidisca Moore, 1884: 21 (Dry season form). Lectotype ♂ BMNH designated by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 57. Synonymised by de Nicéville, 1890: 61.
• Megisba malaya (Horsfield) de Nicéville, 1890: 61, pl. 26, fig. 165 ♂ (partim).
• Megisba malaya volubilis Fruhstorfer, [1918]: 6. Synonymised and Lectotype ♂ BMNH, (Taiwan) designated by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 57.
• Megisba malaya velina Fruhstorfer, [1918]: 6. Synonymised and Lectotype ♂ BMNH, (Sumatra) designated by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 57.
• Megisba malaya infumata Fruhstorfer, [1918]: 7. Synonymised and Lectotype ♂ BMNH, (Sulawesi) designated by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 57.
• Megisba malaya rosanna Fruhstorfer, [1918]: 7. Synonymised and Lectotype ♂ BMNH, (Philippines) designated by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 57.
• Magisba malaya iwasakii (var.)Matsumura, 1919: 643. Holotype ♂ EIHU Sapporo, Japan. Synonymised by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 57.
• Megisba malaya siebersi (♀-form) Toxopeus, 1927: 283. Holotype ♀ Java (not located). Synonymised by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 57.
• Megisba malaya sikkima Moore; Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 57, figs 27c, 27d, 27e, 28 ♂ genit.; 29 ♀ genit.

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. 
• Fruhstorfer, H., [1918]. Altes und Neues über Megisba malaya. Arch. Naturgesch. 82 (A) (12) (1917): 4-8. Reference page. 
• Matsumura, S., 1919. Thousand Insects of Japan Additamenta, Vol. 3, 475-742, Pls. 26-53. Reference page. 
• Moore, F. 1884. Descriptions of some new Asiatic diurnal lepidoptera; chiefly from Specimens contained in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Journal Asiatic Society Bengal 53(2): 16–52. BHL Reference page. 
• de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp., Pls XXV-XXIX. Reference page. 
• Toxopeus, L. J., 1927-1928. Eine Revision der javanischen, zu Lycaenopsis und verwandten Genera gehörigen Arten. Tijdschr. Ent. 70: 232-302, 1pl., 27 figs; ibid. 71: 179-265, 1 pl., 29 figs. Reference page.