Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Divisio: Eulepidoptera
Sectio: Ditrysia
Subsectio: Apoditrysia
Clade: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Danis
Species: Danis melimnos
Subspecies: (2)
D. m. helga – D. m. melimnos

Name

Danis melimnos (H. H. Druce and Bethune-Baker, 1893).

Type locality: West Papua, Japen Is., (Schouten Gp.)

Holotype: ♂ not located.

Synonymy

  • Thysonotis melimnos Druce & Bethune-Baker, 1893: 544, pl.46, fig.2.
  • Thysonotis helga Grose-Smith, 1898: 195. Synonymised by Hirowatari, 1992: 26.
  • Danis melimnos helga (Grose-Smith): Hirowatari, 1992: 26.

References

  • D'Abrera, B., 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne. Reference page. 
  • Grose-Smith, H., 1898. Descriptions of new Species of Oriental Butterflies. Novit. zool. 5(1): 103-110. BHL. 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. 
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