Celastrina argiolus lucia

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 lucia

Name

Celastrina argiolus lucia (Kirby, 1837).

Type locality: Canada, Saskatchewan.

Syntypes: not located.

Synonymy

• Lycaena lucia Kirby, 1837: 299, pl. 3, figs. 8, 9 ♂.
• Lycaena neglecta Edwards, 1862: 56; 1870: pl. Lycaena II, figs. 4, 5 ♂, 6 ♀. Lectotype CM ♂, Hunter, New York, designated by Brown, 1970: 427.
• Lycaena marginata Edwards, 1883: 86. Lectotype CM ♂, Maine, designated by Brown, 1970: 423.
• Lycaena pseudargiolus marginata Edwards; Edwards, 1884a: pl. Lycaena II, figs. 3 ♂, 4 ♀.
• Lycaena argiolus argentata (var.) Fletcher, 1903:213, fig. ♂. Syntypes, Canada, Manitoba, not located. [Synonymised by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 219].
• Celestrina [sic] argiolus lucia (Kirby) Brown, 1970: 421, fig. 30 ♂ (lectotype of marginata (Edwards)).
• Celestrina [sic] argiolus pseudargiolus (Boisduval & Le Conte); Brown, 1970: 426 (partim), fig. 33♂ (lectotype of neglecta (Edwards)).

References

• Eliot, J. N. & Kawazoé, A. 1983. Blue butterflies of the Lycaenopsis group. British Museum (Natural History), London. ISBN 0-565-00860-9. Reference page. 
• Kirby, W. F., 1837. In Richardson, J., Fauna Boreali-Americana or the zoology of the northern parts of British America., Part 4, Insects. pp. 286-300, 2 pls. Norwich. Reference page.