Sancterila shelfordii shelfordii

Sancterila shelfordii ♂, Sulawesi, Project Wallace material.

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: Armentulus
Species: Sancterila shelfordii
Subspecies: Sancterila shelfordii shelfordii

Name

Sancterila shelfordii shelfordii de Nicéville, 1902.

Type locality: Borneo.

Holotype: ♂ ZSI.

Synonymy

• Cyaniris shelfordii de Nicéville, 1902: 245, pl. FF, fig. 7.
• Lycaenopsis shelfordi [sic] (de Nicéville), Chapman, 1909: 429.
• Cyaniris armenta Fruhstorfer, 1910: 287, Lectotype ♂ BMNH: "Type, Borneo, H. Fruhstorfer, Type of armenta Fruh., shelfordi Nicev.", designated by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 197.
• Celarchus (Armentulus) shelfordii shelfordii (de Nicéville); Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 197.
• Sancterila (Armentulus) shelfordii (de Nicéville); Cassidy, 1995: 46.

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. 
• Chapman, T., 1909. A review of the species of the lepidopterous genus Lycaenopsis Feld. (Cyaniris auct. ned Dalm.) on examination of the male ancillary appendages. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1909: 419–476, 72 figs. BHL. 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., 1910. Neue Cyaniris-Rassen und Übersicht der bekannten Arten. Stettin. Ent. Ztg. 71 (1909): 282-305. Reference page. 
• de Nicéville, L., 1902. On new and little-known butterflies from the Oriental Region. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 14: 236–251, pl. FF. BHL. Reference page.