Monodontides musina musina

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Monodontides
Subgenus: Monodontides (Monodontides)
Species: Monodontides musina
Subspecies: Monodontides musina musina

Monodontides musina musina, ♀, Brunei

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

Monodontides musina musina (Snellen, 1892).

Type locality: Indonesia, Java.

Lectotype: ♂ RMNH, designated by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 278.

Synonymy

• Lycaena musina Snellen, 1892: 145; Piepers & Snellen, 1918: 59, pl. 22, fig. 83 ♂.
• Cyaniris candaules de Nicéville, 1895: 276, pl. O, fig. 19 ♂. Holotype ZSI ♂, Sumatra. (Synonymised by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983, 278).
• Cyaniris lugra H. H. Druce, 1895: 573, pl. 32, fig. 5 ♂. Holotype MNHU ♂, Borneo, Mt. Kinabalu. (Synonymised by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983, 278).
• Lycaenopsis (Notarthrinus) musina candaules (de Nicéville) Fruhstorfer, 1922: 876.
• Lycaenopsis (Notarthrinus) musina lugra (Druce) Fruhstorfer, 1922: 876, pl. 154c ♂.
• Lycaenopsis (Notarthrinus) musina musina (Snellen) Fruhstorfer, 1922: 876, pl. 152b ♂♀.
• Notarthrinus (Monodontides) musina musina (Snellen) Toxopeus, 1927b: 258.
• Celastrina (Monodontides) musina musina (Snellen) Toxopeus, 1928: 182, text-fig. 28 scales.
• Monodontides (Monodontides) musina musina (Snellen); Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 278.

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. 
• Snellen, P. C. T., 1892. Beschrijving van eenige Javaansche Dagvlinders. Tijdschr. Ent. 35: 133-147. Reference page. 
• Toxopeus, L. J., 1927a. Verslag. Tijdschr. Ent. 69: lxix-lxxvi. Reference page. 
• Toxopeus, L. J., 1927-1928. Eine Revision der javanischen, zu Lycaenopsis und verwandten Genera gehörigen Arten. Tijdschr. Ent. 70: 232-302, 1pl., 27 figs; ibid. 71: 179-265, 1 pl., 29 figs. Reference page. 

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