Shijimia moorei

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Shijimia
Species: Shijimia moorei
Subspecies: (3)
S. m. insperatus – S. m. moorei – S. m. taiwana

Shijimia moorei, ♂, as Lycaena moorei Leech, 1889, from original description.

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

Shijimia moorei (Leech, 1889).

Type locality: China, "Kiukiang, Yangzee river".

Holotype: ♂ BMNH

Synonymy

• Lycaena moorei Leech, 1889: 109, pl. 7, fig. 3 [nec 4].
• Shijimia moorei (Leech); Forster, 1940: 878, pls 23-24, figs 8-9.
• Everes moorei (Leech); de Nicéville, 1894: 32; Swinhoe, 1910: 269.
• Tongeia moorei (Leech); D'Abrera, 1986: 650.

References

• D'Abrera, B. 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne. Reference page. 
• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Forster, W. 1940. Neue Lycaeniden-Formen aus China I. Mitteilungen der Münchner entomologischen Gesellschaft 30(3): 870-883, pls 22-24. Reference page. 
• Leech, J. H., 1889. On a collection of butterflies from Kiukiang. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1889(1): 99–148. BHL. Reference page. 
• de Nicéville, L., 1894. On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region. J. Asiatic. Soc. Beng. 63: 1–58, 5 pls. Reference page. 
• Swinhoe, C., 1910. In Moore, Lepidoptera Indica. 7 (1905-1910) Pieridae (cont.), Lycaenidae. x + 286 pp., pls. 551-639. London. text, plates. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

বাংলা: কাজলা রুলকি
English: Moore's Cupid