Celastrina lavendularis lavendularis

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 lavendularis
Subspecies: Celastrina lavendularis lavendularis

Name

Celastrina lavendularis lavendularis (Moore, 1877).

Type locality: Sri Lanka.

Neotype: ♂ BMNH, designated by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983, 254.

Synonymy

• Polyommatus lavendularis Moore, 1877: 341 (partim).
• [Cyaniris limbatus (Moore) sensu de Nicéville, 1890: 109 (partim).]
• [Lycaenopsis limbata (Moore) sensu Swinhoe, 1910: 218, pl. 623, figs. 3, 3b ♂, 3a ♀.]
• Lycaenopsis limbata amitra Fruhstorfer, 1922: 873; Evans, 1953: 755. Lectotype BMNH ♂, Sri Lanka. (Synonymised by Evans, 1932: 224).
• Celastrina (Udara) lavendularis lavendularis (Moore): Toxopeus, 1928: 224.
• Lycaenopsis lavendularis lavendularis (Moore) Evans, 1932: 224.
• [Lycaenopsis lavendularis limbata (Moore) sensu Evans, 1932: 224 (partim). Misidentification.]
• Celastrina limbata amitra (Fruhstorfer) Cantlie, 1963: 47.
• [Celastrina limbata limbata (Moore); Cantlie, 1963: 47 (partim).]
• Celastrina lavendularis lavendularis (Moore); Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 254.

References

• Cantlie, K., 1963. The Lycaenidae portion of Evans' Identification of Indian Butterflies (1932) reissued and revised, 160 pp., 6 pls. Bombay. 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. 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. 
• Fruhstorfer, H. 1909–1927. In Seitz, A., Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 9. Stuttgart. BHL1, BHL2, Plates. Reference page. 
• Moore, F., 1877b. Descriptions of Ceylon Lepidoptera. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (4) 20: 339-347. Reference page. 
• de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp., Pls XXV-XXIX. Reference page. 
• Swinhoe, C., 1910. In Moore, Lepidoptera Indica. 7 (1905-1910) Pieridae (cont.), Lycaenidae. x + 286 pp., pls. 551-639. London. text, plates. 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. 

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