Megisba malaya thwaitesi

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

Megisba malaya thwaitesi, Sri Lanka, from original description.
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

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Megisba malaya thwaitesi Moore, 1881.

Type locality: Sri Lanka.

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

Synonymy

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  • 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.

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