Megisba malaya sikkima, <♂,♀>, North Sulawesi.
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

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Megisba
Species: Megisba malaya
Subspecies: M. m. aenigma – M. m. anomala – M. m. malaya – M. m. presbyter – M. m. sikkima – M. m. thwaitesi

Name

Megisba malaya (Horsfield, 1828).

Type locality: Indonesia, Java.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH.

Synonymy

  • Lycaena malaya Horsfield, 1828: 70.
  • Pathalia malaya (Horsfield); Moore, 1884: 22.
  • Megisba malaya (Horsfield); de Nicéville, 1890: 60 (partim).
  • Megisba malaya malaya (Horsfield); Fruhstorfer, 1922: 857, pl. 154d ♂♀; Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 60, fig. 27f (♂ genitalia).

References

  • Eliot, J. N. & Kawazoé, A. 1983. Blue butterflies of the Lycaenopsis group. British Museum (Natural History), London. ISBN 0-565-00860-9 Reference page. 
  • Horsfield, T. 1828–1829. A descriptive catalogue of the lepidopterous insects in the museum of the Honourable East India Company. 144 pp., 8 pls. London. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
  • Moore, F. 1884. Descriptions of some new Asiatic diurnal lepidoptera; chiefly from Specimens contained in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. Journal Asiatic Society Bengal 53(2): 16–52. BHL. Reference page. 
  • de Nicéville, L., 1890. The butterflies of India, Burmah & Ceylon. 3. Calcutta, xi + 503 pp., Pls XXV-XXIX. Reference page. 
  • Schröder, S., 2010a. Notes on Megisba Moore, 1881 from the Tanimbar Islands, Maluku, Indonesia (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Futao 56: 7-8. Reference page. 
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