Megisba malaya thwaitesi

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 thwaitesi Moore, 1881.

Type locality: Sri Lanka.

Lectotype: ♂ BMNH: "Ceylon, Megisba thwaitesi type Moore". Designated by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 56.

Megisba thwaitesi Moore, 1881: 71, pl. 34, figs 3, 3a, 3b.
Megisba gunga Swinhoe, 1885: 133, pl. 9, fig. 7. Holotype BMNH ♀ Poona, India. Synonymised by de Nicéville, 1890: 60.
Megisba malaya (Horsfield); de Nicéville, 1890: 61 (partim).
Megisba hampsoni (Moore ms) de Nicéville, 1890: 61. (unavailable name for dry season form).
Megisba malaya thwaitesi Moore; Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 56, figs 27a, 27b ♂ genit.

Eliot, J. N. & Kawazoé, A. 1983. Blue butterflies of the Lycaenopsis group. British Museum (Natural History), London. ISBN 0-565-00860-9. 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.
de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp., Pls XXV-XXIX. 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.