Callenya melaena melaena

Callenya melaena melaena, = Cyaniris melaenoides Tytler, male, from Tytler, 1915.

Taxonavigation

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 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 Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Callenya melaena melaena (Doherty, 1889).

Type locality: Burma.

Holotype: ♂, not located.

Cyaniris melaena Doherty, 1889: 434, pl. 23, fig. 13 ♂.
Cyaniris melaenoides Tytler, 1915: 121, pl. 3, fig 28 ♂. Lectotype BMNH ♂, India, Manipur. (Synonymised by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 259).
Acytolepis melaena (Doherty) Toxopeus, 1927b: 273, fig. 13 ♂ genitalia.
Lycaenopsis minima Evans, 1932: 222. Lectotype BMNH ♂, India, Manipur. (Synonymised by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 259).
Celastrina melaena melaena (Doherty) Corbet, 1940: 40.
Celastrina melaena melaenoides (Tytler) Corbet: 1940: 40.

Corbet, A. S., 1940. Observations on species of Lycaenidae from the Malay Peninsula (Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera). Proc. R. ent. Soc. Lond. (B) 9(1): 1–6, 7 figs. Reference page.

Doherty, W., 1889. On certain Lycaenidae from Lower Tenasserim. J. asiat. Soc. Beng. 58(4): 409–440, pl.23. text, plate. 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.

Evans, W.H. 1932. The Identification of Indian Butterflies, Edn.2 revised, 454pp., 32 pls. Madras. Reference page.

Tytler, H. C., 1915. Notes on some new and interesting butterflies from Manipur and the Naga Hills, Pt. III. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 24: 119-155, pl.3, pl.4. Reference page.

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