Megisba malaya thwaitesi

Megisba malaya thwaitesi, Sri Lanka, 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

Name

Megisba malaya thwaitesi Moore, 1881.

Type locality: Sri Lanka.

Lectotype: ♂ BMNH: "Ceylon, Megisba thwaitesi type Moore". Designated by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 56.

Megisba thwaitesi Moore, 1881: 71, pl. 34, figs 3, 3a, 3b.
Megisba gunga Swinhoe, 1885: 133, pl. 9, fig. 7. Holotype BMNH ♀ Poona, India. Synonymised by de Nicéville, 1890: 60.
Megisba malaya (Horsfield); de Nicéville, 1890: 61 (partim).
Megisba hampsoni (Moore ms) de Nicéville, 1890: 61. (unavailable name for dry season form).
Megisba malaya thwaitesi Moore; Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 56, figs 27a, 27b ♂ genit.

Eliot, J. N. & Kawazoé, A. 1983. Blue butterflies of the Lycaenopsis group. British Museum (Natural History), London. ISBN 0-565-00860-9 Reference page.

Moore, F., 1881. Lepidoptera of Ceylon Volume 1. L. Reeve & Co., London. 190 pp. 71 pls. text, plates. Reference page.

de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp. Text, Pls. Reference page.

Swinhoe, C., 1885. On the Lepidoptera of Bombay and the Deccan. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1885(1): 124-148, pl. 9. text, plate. Reference page.

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