Britomartis cleoboides

Britomartis cleoboides, <♂:♀>, from original description.

Taxonavigation

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: Theclinae
Tribus: Iolaini
Genus: Britomartis
Species: Britomartis cleoboides
Subspecies: B. c. cleoboides – B. c. epigenes – B. c. viga

Name

Britomartis cleoboides (Elwes, [1893]).

Type locality: Burma, Karen Hills.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH.

Synonyms

• Camena cleoboides Elwes, [1893]: 637, pl. 44, figs 4, 5.
• Tajuria cleoboides (Elwes); Fruhstorfer, [1912]: 213; Corbet, 1940: 119, pl. 1, figs 20 ♂, 21 ♀.
• Britomartis cleoboides (Elwes); de Nicéville, 1895: 304; Evans, 1927: 181; Pinratana, 1981: 131, pl. 23, figs 13, 14; Eliot, 1992: 314, 424, pl. 47, figs 34, 35, fig. 305.

References

• Corbet, A. S., 1940. A revision of the Malayan species of Tajuria Moore (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Trans. R. ent. Soc. Lond. 90(5): 107–120, 1 pl., 27 figs.
• Eliot, J. N., 1992. In Corbet & Pendlebury, The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. 4th Edn. Kuala Lumpur.
• Elwes, H. J., [1893]. On butterflies collected by Mr. W. Doherty in the Naga and Karen Hills and in Perak (part ii). Proc. zool. Soc. Lond 1892: 617-664, 2pls.
• Evans, W. H., 1927. The identification of Indian butterflies, edn 1. xii + 302 pp., 32 pls, 11 figs. Madras.
• Fruhstorfer, H. 1911. Ubersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begründet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 56(3/4): 197–272, 4 figs. Reference page. 
• de Nicéville, L., 1895. On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 9(3):259-321, 4 pls.

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