Megisba malaya sikkima, <♂,♀>, North Sulawesi.
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: Megisba
Species: Megisba malaya
Subspecies: Megisba malaya sikkima

Name

Megisba malaya sikkima Moore, 1884.

Type locality: India, Sikkim.

Holotype: ♂ ZSI?.

Synonymy

  • Megisba sikkima Moore, 1884: 21. (Wet season form).
  • Pathalia albidisca Moore, 1884: 21 (Dry season form). Lectotype ♂ BMNH designated by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 57. Synonymised by de Nicéville, 1890: 61.
  • Megisba malaya (Horsfield) de Nicéville, 1890: 61, pl. 26, fig. 165 ♂ (partim).
  • Megisba malaya volubilis Fruhstorfer, [1918]: 6. Synonymised and Lectotype ♂ BMNH, (Taiwan) designated by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 57.
  • Megisba malaya velina Fruhstorfer, [1918]: 6. Synonymised and Lectotype ♂ BMNH, (Sumatra) designated by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 57.
  • Megisba malaya infumata Fruhstorfer, [1918]: 7. Synonymised and Lectotype ♂ BMNH, (Sulawesi) designated by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 57.
  • Megisba malaya rosanna Fruhstorfer, [1918]: 7. Synonymised and Lectotype ♂ BMNH, (Philippines) designated by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 57.
  • Magisba malaya iwasakii (var.)Matsumura, 1919: 643. Holotype ♂ EIHU Sapporo, Japan. Synonymised by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 57.
  • Megisba malaya siebersi (♀-form) Toxopeus, 1927: 283. Holotype ♀ Java (not located). Synonymised by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 57.
  • Megisba malaya sikkima Moore; Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 57, figs 27c, 27d, 27e, 28 ♂ genit.; 29 ♀ genit.

References

  • Fruhstorfer, H., [1918]. Altes und Neues über Megisba malaya. Arch. Naturgesch. 82 (A) (12) (1917): 4-8. Reference page. 
  • Moore, F., 1884. Descriptions of some new Asiatic diurnal lepidoptera; chiefly from Specimens contained in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. J. asiat. Soc. Bengal 53(2): 16–52. BHL text. Reference page. 
  • de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp. Text, Pls. 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. 
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