Monodontides cara

Monodontides cara, ♂, 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: Monodontides
Subgenus: Monodontides (Buakraengius)
Species: Monodontides cara

Name

Monodontides cara (de Nicéville, 1898).

Type locality: Sulawesi, Bonthain.

Holotype: ♂ ZSI

Synonyms

• Cyaniris cara de Nicéville, 1898:143, pl. Z, figs. 19 ♂, 20 ♀.
• Lycaenopsis cara (de Nicéville); Fruhstorfer, 1917: 24, pl. 2, fig. 20 ♂ genitalia; 1922: 868, pl. 152g ♂♀.
• Monodontides (Buakraengius) cara (de Nicéville); Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 281.

References

• de Nicéville, L., 1898. On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan, Austro-Malayan and Australian Regions. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 12: 131-160, 4 pls. BHL text, plates. 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. 
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1917. Revision der Lycaenidengattung Lycaenopsis. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 82 (A) (1) (1916): 1–42, 2 pls. text, plates. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H. 1909–1927. In Seitz, A., Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der Erde 9. Stuttgart. BHL1, BHL2, Plates. Reference page. 

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