Sancterila deliciosa

Sancterila deliciosa deliciosa ♂, North Sulawesi, Dumoga-Bone N.P.

Cupido deliciosa, Pagenstecher, 1896, from 1897 re-description and illustration. Male; Sulawesi, Minahassa.

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: Sancterila
Subgenus: Sancterila (Sancterila)
Species: Sancterila deliciosa
Subspecies: (2)
S. d. deliciosa – S. d. sohmai

Name

Sancterila deliciosa (Pagenstecher, 1896.)

Type locality: Sulawesi, Minahassa

Holotype: ♂ SMF

Synonymy

• Cupido (Cyaniris) deliciosa Pagenstecher, 1896: 50.
• Cupido deliciosa Pagenstecher; Pagenstecher, 1897: 416, pl. 20, fig. 8 ♂, [described again and figured].
• Notarthrinus (Monodontides) deliciosa (Pagenstecher); Toxopeus, 1927: 258.
• Sancterila sohmai (Pagenstecher); Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 80, synonymised by Cassidy, 1995: 48.

References

• Cassidy, A.C. 1995. On the Lycaenopsis group of genera (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) of the Sulawesi Region. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 46: 45–62. PDF. 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. 
• Hirowatari, T. 1992. A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae). Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture (B) 44 (Suppl.) PDF. Reference page. 
• Pagenstecher, A. F., 1896. Neue Malayische Lepidopteren. Entomologische Nachrichten 22: 49-54. Reference page. 
• Pagenstecher, A. F., 1897. In Kükenthal, W. Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Forschungsreise in den Molukken und in Borneo. Lepidopteren. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 23: 353-467, pls 18-20. Reference page. 
• Toxopeus, L. J., 1927-1928. Eine Revision der javanischen, zu Lycaenopsis und verwandten Genera gehörigen Arten. Tijdschr. Ent. 70: 232-302, 1pl., 27 figs; ibid. 71: 179-265, 1 pl., 29 figs. Reference page.