Megisba strongyle orientalis

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 orientalis

Name

Megisba strongyle orientalis Joicey and Talbot, 1916.

Type locality: Schouten Is.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH Biak.

Synonymy

• Megisba orientalis Joicey & Talbot, 1916: 75, pl. 5, fig. 3 ♂.
• Megisba malaya orientalis Joicey & Talbot; Fruhstorfer, 1922: 857. pl. 154g.
• Megisba strongyle orientalis Joicey & Talbot; Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 62, fig 31 ♀ genit.

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. 
• Fruhstorfer, H. 1909–1927. In Seitz, A., Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 9. Stuttgart. BHL1, BHL2, Plates. Reference page. 
• Joicey, J. J. and Talbot, G., 1916. New lepidoptera from the Schouten Islands. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 64(1): 65–83, pls 3-6. text, plates. Reference page.