Paraduba metriodes transvestita, ♂, Indonesia, Papua Province.
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: Paraduba
Species: Paraduba metriodes
Subspecies: (3)
P. m. metriodes – P. m. proxima – P. m. transvestita

Name

Paraduba metriodes (Bethune-Baker, 1911).

Type locality: New Guinea, Dinawa, 4,000ft.

Syntype: ♂ BMNH, illustrated by Hirowatari, 1992: 63, pl. 2, fig. 9a, b.

Synonymy

  • Nacaduba metriodes Bethune-Baker, 1911: 542.
  • Paraduba metriodes (Bethune-Baker); Tite, 1963: 99, pl. 2, figs 14, 15, text fig. 65, 74; Hirowatari, 1992: 35; Parsons, 1998: 440, pl. 69, figs 1982-1985; Cassidy, 2003: 79.

References

  • Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1911. Descriptions of New Species of Lepidoptera from New Guinea. Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. (8) 8: 542-544. Reference page. 
  • Cassidy, A.C., 2003. New information on lycaenid butterflies of the South-East Asian Islands. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society, Japan 54(2): 73–82. pdf. Reference page. 
  • Hirowatari, T. 1992. A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae). Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture (B) 44 (Suppl.) PDF. Reference page. 
  • Johnson, S.J.; Johnson, I.R. 2013: The first record of Paraduba metriodes (Bethune-Baker) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) within Australian limits. Australian entomologist 40(4): 173–174. [Not seen] Reference page. 
  • Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550. Reference page. 
  • Tite, G. E., 1963. A synonymic list of the genus Nacaduba and allied genera (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent) 13(4): 67-116, 91 figs, 2.pls.Reference page. 
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