Polyommatus nepalensis

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

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Polyommatus nepalensis Forster, W., 1961.

Type locality: Nepal, Mustangbhot, Ghilinggaon-Kelami, 3,700-3,900m.

Holotype: ♂ Zool. Staatssammlung, Munchen.

Polyommatus nepalensis Forster, 1961a: 149; Smith, 1993: 57; Talavera et al, 2012: 186.
Polyommatus pseuderos nepalensis Forster; Bridges, 1994: VIII.320.

Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page.
Forster, W., 1961. In: Lobbichler, ed. Lepidoptera Deutschen Nepal-Expedition 1955. Veröffentlichungen der Zoologischen Staatssammlung München 6 Rhopalocera: 138–150, pl. 14. text plate. Reference page.
Smith, C., 1993. Illustrated Checklist of Nepal's Butterflies, 128pp. Rohit Kumar, Lashkar (Gwalior), India. ISBN 974-88810-7-5 Reference page.
Talavera, G., Lukhtanov, V.A., Pierce, N.E. & Vila, R., 2013. Establishing criteria for higher-level classification using molecular data: the systematics of Polyommatus blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Cladistics 29(2): 166–192. Reference page.

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