Luthrodes cleotas

Luthrodes cleotas, as Lycaena cleotas, from the 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

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Luthrodes
Species: Luthrodes cleotas
Subspecies: L. c. arruana – L. c. cleotas – L. c. clitophon – L. c. excellens – L. c. gades – L. c. kaiphas

Name

Luthrodes cleotas (Guérin-Méneville, [1831])

Type locality: New Ireland.

Holotype: not located

Synonyms

• Polyommatus cleotas Guérin-Méneville, [1831]: 277, : pl. 18, fig. 4.
• Argus poeta Boisduval, 1832: 90.
• Luthrodes cleotas (Guérin-Méneville); Fruhstorfer, 1915f: 48; Parsons, 1998: 476; Tennent, 2002: 106; Talavera et al, 2013: 188.
• Lycaena [sic] cleotas (Guérin-Méneville); Fruhstorfer, 1916f: 90.
• Chilades laius cleotas (Guérin-Méneville); Fruhstorfer, 1916f: 93.
• Chilades cleotas (Guérin-Méneville); Balint & Johnson, 1997.

References

• Bálint, Z. & Johnson, K. 1997. Reformation of the Polyommatus section with a taxonomic and biogeographic overview (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatini). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 40: 1–68. PDF. Reference page. 
• Boisduval, J.-A. 1832. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe (etc). Faune entomologique de l'Ocean Pacifique (etc). Part 1. Lépidoptères. Paris. J Tastu, 267pp, Pls. 1–12. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1915f. Neue formen der gattung Luthrodes. Deut. ent. Zeit. (Iris) 29(2/3): 47-50. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1916. Neue lycaeniden des Leidener museums. Zoologische Mededelingen 2: 90-96, 5 text figs. Reference page. 
• Guérin-Méneville, F.E. 1831. Insectes, pp. 57–302 in Duperrey, L.I. Voyage autour du monde: exécuté par ordre du roi, sur la corvette de Sa Majesté, la Coquille, pendant les années 1822, 1823, 1824, et 1825. Tome Second; Deuxième partie. BHL and 21 plates BHL Reference page. 
• Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550. Reference page. 
• Talavera, G., Lukhtanov, V.A., Pierce, N.E. & Vila, R., 2013. Establishing criteria for higher-level classification using molecular data: the systematics of Polyommatus blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Cladistics 29(2): 166–192. 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. 

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