Luthrodes contracta, Aghanistan, as Lampides contracta Butler, 1880, from original description.
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: Luthrodes
Species: Luthrodes contracta

Name

Luthrodes contracta (Butler, 1880).

Type locality: Afghanistan, Kandahar.

Lectotype: ♂ BMNH, "Candahar, 80.36. / BMNH(E) # 254403". Designated by Nekrutenko, 1984: 36.

Synonyms

  • Lampides contracta Butler, 1880: 406, pl. 39, fig. 3. India: “Rokeran, .... Candahar”.
  • Chilades lempkei Blom, 1979: 10. Iran.
  • Lachides contracta (Butler); Nekrutenko, 1984; Bridges, 1994: IX.60; Bálint, 1999: 24.
  • Chilades contracta (Butler); Bálint & Johnson, 1997.
  • Luthrodes contracta (Butler); Talavera et al, 2013: 188.

References

  • 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. 
  • Butler, A. G., 1880. On a collection of butterflies from Candahar. Proceedings of the zoological society of London 1880: 403-414, pl. 39. BHL text, plate. Reference page. 
  • Nekrutenko, Y., 1984, The Blue Butterflies of the USSR Fauna, Assigned to the Genus Chilades (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). [In Russian]. Vestnik Zoologii 1984(3): 29–40, ill. Reference page. 
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