Megisba strongyle miskinigra

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: Megisba strongyle miskinigra

Name

Megisba strongyle miskinigra Lamas, 2008.

Type locality: Australia, Queensland.

Holotype: QMG.

Synonymy

• Lycaena nigra Miskin, 1890: 36.
• Megisba malaya nigra (Miskin) Waterhouse and Lyell, 1914: 74, figs 157, 166, 167.
• Megisba strongyle nigra (Miskin); Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 63.
• Megisba strongyle miskinigra Lamas, 2008. (nom. nov. pro Lycaena nigra Miskin 1890).

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. 
• Lamas, G. 2008. Twelve new species-group replacement names and further nomenclatural notes on Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera). Zootaxa 1848: 47–56. Abstract: [1]. Reference page. 
• Miskin, W.H. 1890. Descriptions of hitherto undescribed Australian Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) principally Lycaenidae. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 15(2): 29–43. Reference page. 
• Waterhouse, G.A. & Lyell, G. 1914. The Butterflies of Australia. A monograph of the Australian Rhopalocera. 238 pp., 888 figs. Sydney. BHL Reference page.