Celastrina argiolus iynteana

Celastrina argiolus iynteana, ♂ ♀, Nepal.

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: Celastrina
Species: Celastrina argiolus
Subspecies: Celastrina argiolus iynteana

Name

Celastrina argiolus iynteana (de Nicéville, 1884).

Type locality: India, Sikkim.

Lectotype: ♂ ZSI, designated by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 217.

Synonymy

• 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 bothrinoides (var.) Chapman, 1909: 446. [Synonymised by Evans, 1953: 755.]
• Lycaenopsis argiolus puspargiolus (var.) Chapman, 1909: 446. [Synonymised by Evans, 1925: 325.]
• Lycaenopsis argiolus albocaeruleoides (var.) 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.
• Celastrina argiolus iynteana (de Nicéville); Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 217.

References

• Bingham, C.T. 1907. The Fauna of British India, Including Ceylon and Burma. Butterflies Vol. 2 London, Taylor & Francis: viii+480pp., 104 text-figs., Pls. 11–20.Reference page. 
• Cantlie, K., 1963. The Lycaenidae portion of Evans' Identification of Indian Butterflies (1932) reissued and revised, 160 pp., 6 pls. Bombay. Reference page. 
• Chapman, T., 1909. A review of the species of the lepidopterous genus Lycaenopsis Feld. (Cyaniris auct. ned Dalm.) on examination of the male ancillary appendages. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909: 419–476, 72 figs. BHL. Reference page. 
• Eliot, J. N. & Kawazoé, A. 1983. Blue butterflies of the Lycaenopsis group. British Museum (Natural History), London. ISBN 0-565-00860-9. Reference page. 
• Evans, W.H., (1925). The identification of Indian butterflies, Pt.7. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 30(2): 322–351, 2 pls. BHL. Reference page. 
• Evans, W.H. 1932. The Identification of Indian Butterflies, Edn.2 revised, 454pp., 32 pls. Madras. Reference page. 
• Evans, W.H. 1953. A note on the Indian species of the genus Lycaenopsis Felder (Lepidoptera–Lycaenidae). J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 51(3): 755. BHL. Reference page. 
• Forster, W., 1941. Neue Lycaeniden-Formen aus China II. Mitteilungen der Münchner entomologischen Gesellschaft 31: 593–627, pls 19-22. text plates. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1910. Neue Cyaniris-Rassen und Übersicht der bekannten Arten. Stettin. Ent. Ztg. 71 (1909): 282-305. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H. 1909–1927. In Seitz, A., Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 9. Stuttgart. BHL1, BHL2, Plates. Reference page. 
• Moore, F., [1884]. Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1883(4): 521-535, 2 pls. Reference page. 
• de Nicéville, L., [1884]. On new and little-known Rhopalocera from the Indian Region. Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 52: 65-91, 3 pls. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
• de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp., Pls XXV-XXIX. Reference page. 
• Swinhoe, C. 1893. A List of the Lepidoptera of the Khasia Hills. Part I. Trans. ent. Soc Lond. 41(3): 267–330. BHL. 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.