Megisba malaya

Megisba malaya sikkima, <♂,♀>, North Sulawesi.

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: Megisba
Species: Megisba malaya
Subspecies: M. m. aenigma – M. m. anomala – M. m. malaya – M. m. presbyter – M. m. sikkima – M. m. thwaitesi

Name

Megisba malaya (Horsfield, 1828).

Type locality: Indonesia, Java.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH.

Synonymy

• Lycaena malaya Horsfield, 1828: 70.
• Pathalia malaya (Horsfield); Moore, 1884: 22.
• Megisba malaya (Horsfield); de Nicéville, 1890: 60 (partim).
• Megisba malaya malaya (Horsfield); Fruhstorfer, 1922: 857, pl. 154d ♂♀; Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 60, fig. 27f (♂ genitalia).

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. 
• Horsfield, T. 1828–1829. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Honourable East India Company. 144pp., 4 pls., London. Reference page. 
• Moore, F. 1884. Descriptions of some new Asiatic diurnal lepidoptera; chiefly from Specimens contained in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Journal Asiatic Society Bengal 53(2): 16–52. BHL. Reference page. 
• de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp., Pls XXV-XXIX. Reference page. 
• Schröder, S., 2010a. Notes on Megisba Moore, 1881 from the Tanimbar Islands, Maluku, Indonesia (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Futao 56: 7-8. Reference page.