Megisba strongyle monacha

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 monacha

Name edit

Megisba strongyle monacha Grose-Smith, 1894.

Type locality: New Guinea.

Lectotype: ♂ BMNH: "Type, Humboldt Bay Sept-Oct. 1892. W. Doherty, Monacha Grose-Smith Type ♂".

Synonymy edit

  • Megisba monacha Grose-Smith, 1894: 571.
  • Lycaenopsis insulicola Rothschild, 1915: 388. Holotype ♀ BMNH Dampier Is. Synonymised by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 61.
  • Megisba malaya monacha Grose-Smith; D'Abrera, 1977: pl. 377 ♂♀.
  • Megisba strongyle monacha Grose-Smith; Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 61, fig 30; Tennent, 2002: 105, pl. 47, figs 79-82.

References edit