Megisba strongyle

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: Megisba
Species: Megisba strongyle
Subspecies: (7)
M. s. caudata – M. s. clerica – M. s. miskinigra – M. s. monacha – M. s. orientalis – M. s. strongyle – M. s. strongyloides

Name

Megisba strongyle (Felder, 1860)

Type locality: Indonesia, Maluku, Ambon.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Lycaena strongyle C. Felder, 1860: 459; C. & R. Felder, 1865: 278, pl. 34, figs 32, 33 ♂.
• Megisba malaya strongyle (Felder); Fruhstorfer, 1922: 857, pl. 154d ♂.
• Megisba strongyle strongyle (C. Felder); Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 61, figs 30, 31, 232, 233, 256, 257.

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. 
• Felder, C. 1860. Lepidopterorum Amboinensium species novae diagnosibus. S-B. Akad. Wiss. Wien 40(11): 447–468. 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. 
• Fruhstorfer, H. 1909–1927. In Seitz, A., Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 9. Stuttgart. BHL1, BHL2, Plates. Reference page. 
• Lamas, G. 2008. Twelve new species-group replacement names and further nomenclatural notes on Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera). Zootaxa 1848: 47–56. Abstract: [1]. Reference page. 

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