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 strongyle
Subspecies: Megisba strongyle monacha

Name

Megisba strongyle monacha Grose-Smith, 1894.

Type locality: New Guinea.

Lectotype: ♂ BMNH: "Type, Humboldt Bay Sept-Oct. 1892. W. Doherty, Monacha Grose-Smith Type ♂".

Synonymy

  • Megisba monacha Grose-Smith, 1894: 571.
  • Lycaenopsis insulicola Rothschild, 1915: 388. Holotype ♀ BMNH Dampier Is. Synonymised by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 61.
  • Megisba malaya monacha Grose-Smith; D'Abrera, 1977: pl. 377 ♂♀.
  • Megisba strongyle monacha Grose-Smith; Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 61, fig 30; Tennent, 2002: 105, pl. 47, figs 79-82.

References

  • D'Abrera, B. 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne. Reference page. 
  • Grose-Smith, H., 1894. An account of a collection of diurnal Lepidoptera made by Mr. Doherty at Humboldt Bay, Dutch New Guinea... Novitates zoologicae. 1: Pt. 1: 331–365; Pt. 2: 543–551; Pt. 3: 571–583. 1; 2; 3. Reference page. 
  • Tennent, W.J., 2002. Butterflies of the Solomon Islands: Systematics and Biogreography. 413 pp., 90 pls. Storm Entomological Publishing, Dereham, Norfolk, England. Reference page. 
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