Celastrina morsheadi

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: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Celastrina
Species: Celastrina morsheadi
Subspecies: (2)
C. m. astynome – C. m. morsheadi

Name

Celastrina morsheadi (Evans, 1915).

Type locality: China, Tibet.

Lectotype: ♂ BMNH: "Type, S.E. Tibet. Tesla 10,000' 9.viii.1913. Capt. F. M. Bailey. 1914-465, Cyaniris morsheadi ♂ type", designated by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 240.

Synonymy

• Cyaniris morsheadi Evans, 1915: 543, plate.
• Celastrina morsheadi (Evans); Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 240, figs 179. 180, 537.

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. 
• Evans, W.H. 1914. A List of the butterflies caught by Capt. F. M. Bailey in S. E. Tibet during 1913. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 23: 532–546, 1 pl., 1 map. Reference page.