Celastrina argiolus iynteana

Celastrina argiolus iynteana, ♂ ♀, Nepal

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilioniformes

Main Page Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Cladus: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Cladus: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Infraordo: Heteroneura Divisio: Ditrysia Sectio: Cossina Subsectio: Bombycina Superfamilia: Papilionoidea Series: Papilioniformes

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Celastrina
Species: Celastrina argiolus
Subspecies: Celastrina argiolus iynteana

Name

Celastrina argiolus iynteana (de Nicéville, 1884)
Type Locality: India, Sikkim
Lectotype: ZSI ♂

Synonyms

• Cyaniris iynteana (Moore MS) de Nicéville, 1884: 69, pl. 1, figs. 7 ♂, 7a ♀.
• Cyaniris jynteana [sic] Moore, 1884: 524, pl. 48, figs. 10.
• Cyaniris sikkima Moore, 1884: 524, pl. 48, fig 11 ♂. Holotype BMNH ♂
• Cyaniris jynteana [sic] de Nicéville; de Nicéville, 1890: 104; Bingham, 1907: 331.
• Cyaniris victoria Swinhoe, 1893: 293 (partim, ♂ nec '♀'). Lectotype BMNH ♂, India, Shillong. [Synonymised by Evans, 1932: 225.]
• Lycaenopsis argiolus var. bothrinoides Chapman, 1909: 446. [Synonymised by Evans, 1953: 755.]
• Lycaenopsis argiolus var. puspargiolus Chapman, 1909: 446. [Synonymised by Evans, 1925: 225.]
• Lycaenopsis argiolus var. albocaeruleoides Chapman, 1909: 446. [Synonymised by Cantlie, 1963: 49.]
• Cyaniris jynteana [sic] herophilus Fruhstorfer, 1910: 293. Lectotype BMNH ♂, Vietnam.
• Cyaniris coelestina cition Fruhstorfer, 1910: 294. Lectotype BMNH ♂, Vietnam.
• Lycaenopsis sikkima (Moore) Swinhoe, 1910: 215, pl. 662, figs. 2, 2b ♂, 2a ♀[wet season form], figs. 2c ♂, 2d ♀ [dry season form].
• Lycaenopsis victoria (Swinhoe) Swinhoe, 1910: 215, pl. 622, figs. 3, 3b ♂ (partim).
• Celastrina argiolus sikkima (Moore) with f. albocaeruloides Chapman, f. victoriae [sic] (Swinhoe), f. puspargiolus Chapman, f. bothriodes [sic] Chapman; Fruhstorfer, 1922: 872.
• Lycaenopsis argiolus herophilus with extreme dry season form cition (Fruhstorfer) Fruhstorfer, 1922: 872.
• Celastrina jynteana [sic] (de Nicéville); Toxopeus, 1927b: 246.
• Celastrina sikkima (Moore) Toxopeus, 1927b: 246; Forster, 1941: 610, pls. 21, 22, fig. 1 ♂, text-fig. 6 ♂ valva.
• Lycaenopsis argiolus sikkima (Moore) Evans, 1932: 225.
• Lycaenopsis jynteana [sic] (de Nicéville) Evans, 1932: 225.
• Celastrina jynteana [sic] (de Nicéville) Forster, 1941: 611, pls. 21, 22, fig. 2 ♂, text-fig. 7 ♂ genitalia.
• Lycaenopsis argiolus jynteana [sic] (de Nicéville) Evans, 1953: 755.

/Celastrina argiolus jynteana [sic] (de Nicéville) Cantlie, 1963: 49.

References

• de Nicéville, L., 1884. On new and little-known butterflies from the Indian Region. J. Asiatic. Soc. Beng. 52: 65-91, 3 pls.
• Eliot, J. N. and Kawazoe, A., 1983. Blue butterflies of the Lycaenopsis group: 1-309, 6 pls. London.