Creon cleobis

Creon cleobis, ♂, Thailand, Alan Cassidy/Bob Kennett photo.

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: Creon
Species: Creon cleobis
Subspecies: C. c. cleobis – C. c. queda

Name

Creon cleobis (Godart, [1824])

Type locality: India, "West Bengal".

Holotype: not located.

Synonyms

• Polyommatus cleobis Godart, [1824]: 600, 634, no. 61.
• Thecla hypatada Boisduval, MS. Nomen nudum.
• Myrina hypatada Doubleday, 1847: 23 nec Boisduval. Nomen nudum.
• Dipsas biocellatus "Grose, 1857. MS", listed by de Nicéville, 1896: 181.
• Amblypodia hypatada Moore, [1858]: 45, N. India ♂.
• Amblypodia cleobis (Godart); Westwood, [1851]: 478.
• Iolaus cleobis (Godart); Hewitson, 1863: 43, pl. 18, figs 8,9 ♂, 10 ♀.
• Pratapa cleobis (Godart); de Nicéville, 1885: 49; Evans, 1927: 181; Wynter-Blyth, 1957: 340.
• Camena cleobis (Godart); de Nicéville, 1890: 343; Lewis, 1974: pl. 174, f. 32.
• Creon cleobis (Godart); de Nicéville, 1896: 181; D'Abrera, 1986: 610; Eliot, 1992: 423.
• Creon cleobis cleobis (Godart); Pinratana, 1981: 128, pl. 23, fig. 7; Smith, 1993: 47, pl. 22A, figs A2, A6.

References

• D'Abrera, B. 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne. Reference page. 
• Doubleday, E. 1847. List of the specimens of lepidopterous insects in the collection of the British Museum, Part 2, London. BHL Reference page. 
• Eliot, J. N. 1992. With plates by D'Abrera, in Corbet & Pendlebury. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula 4th Edn. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. 595pp., 69 pls. Reference page. 
• Evans, W.H. 1927. The identification of Indian butterflies, Edition 1, xii + 302 pp., 32 pls, 11 figs. Madras. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Godart, J. B. 1819–1824. In Latreille & Godart, Encyclopedie méthodique. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes 9 (article Papillons) (1): 1–328; (2): 329-828. Paris. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Lewis, H. L., 1974. Butterflies of the World xvi + 104pp., 208 pls. London.
• Moore, F., [1858]. in Moore, F. & Horsfield, T. Catalogue of the lepidopterous insects in the Museum of the Honourable East India Company 1. London. i-v, 1-14, 17-278, i-iv, 1-12, plates 1a-6a. Reference page. 
• de Nicéville, L., 1885. List of the Butterflies of Calcutta and its Neighbourhood... J. Asiatic. Soc. Beng. 54: 39-54.
• de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp. Text, Plates.
• de Nicéville, L., 1896. On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region (2). J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 10(2): 169-194, pls R, S, T.
• Pinratana, A., 1981. Butterflies in Thailand, Vol. 4, Lycaenidae.Viratham Press, Bangkok.
• Smith, C., 1993. Illustrated Checklist of Nepal's Butterflies, 128pp. Rohit Kumar, Lashkar (Gwalior).
• Westwood, J. O., [1851]. In Doubleday, E. 1846-1852, The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, 2. pp. 251-534, pls. 31-80 + suppl. pl. London.
• Wynter-Blyth, M. A., 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region Scholarly Publications, 523pp, (1982 Reprint).

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