Celastrina lavendularis aroana

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

Name[edit]

Celastrina lavendularis aroana Eliot and Kawazoé, 1983.

Type locality: Papua New Guinea, upper Aroa river.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH: "Upp Aroa R., Brit. N.G., i.1903 (A. S. Meek)", (figured by D'Abrera, 1971; 1977).

[Celastrina lavendularis beretava (Ribbe) sensu D'Abrera, 1971: pl. 382 ♂. Misidentification.]
[Celastrina limbata? beretava (Ribbe) sensu D'Abrera, 1978: pl. 381 ♂. Misidentification.]
Celastrina lavendularis aroana Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 258, fig. 549; Parsons, 1998: 469, pl. 72, figs 2173, 2174.

D'Abrera, B., 1971. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 1. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne.Reference page.
D'Abrera, B. 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne. 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.
Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550. Reference page.

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