Nacaduba samsoni

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: Nacaduba
Species: Nacaduba samsoni

Name

Nacaduba samsoni Tennent, 2001.

Type locality: Solomon Is., Nendo.

Holotype: BMNH

Synonymy

• Nacaduba mallicolo markira Tite, 1963: 82, pl. 1, fig. 2 (Allotype ♀, misidentification).
• Nacaduba samsoni Tennent, 2001: 86, figs 20, 42, 48; Tennent, 2002: 87, pl. 45, figs 49-52; Tennent, 2009: 72.

References

• Tennent, W.J., 2001. What is Nacaduba mallicolo markira Tite? A new species of Nacaduba Moore from the Solomon Islands (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Australian Entomologist 28(3): 85-90. Reference page. 
• Tennent, W.J., 2002. Butterflies of the Solomon Islands: Systematics and Biogreography. 413 pp., 90 pls. Storm Entomological Publishing, Dereham, Norfolk, England. Reference page. 
• Tennent, W.J. 2009. A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Vanuatu; Ol buttaflae blong Vanuatu. 192 pp., Storm Entomological Publishing, Dereham, Norfolk, England. Reference page. 
• Tite, G. E., 1963. A synonymic list of the genus Nacaduba and allied genera (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent) 13(4): 67-116, 91 figs, 2.pls.Reference page.