Megisba malaya (Horsfield, [1828])
Taxonomy
class Insecta → subclass Pterygota → infraclass Neoptera → superorder Holometabola → order Lepidoptera → superfamily Papilionoidea → family Lycaenidae → subfamily Polyommatinae → tribe Polyommatini → genus Megisba → species Megisba malaya
Species name(s)
Megisba malaya (Horsfield, [1828]) = Lycaena malaya Horsfield, [1828]. [9]
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Expansion
This species marks on the maps: 1.
Detailed information with references
Imago Habitus and Differences from alike species
- Wingspan 22-23 mm (mat. Of India). Orig. text: "Exp. alar. 11 lin.". [174].
Subspecies of Megisba malaya
- Megisba malaya anomala Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983. [9]
- M. m. insulicola (Rothschild, 1915). [9]
- M. m. iwasakii Matsumura, 1929. [187]
- M. m. presbyter Fruhstorfer, 1918. [9]
- M. m. sikkima Moore, 1884. [9]
- M. m. thwaitesi (Moore, [1881]). [9]
Authors
Initial species uploading to the site: Peter Khramov.
Photo:
Svetlana Shchavelina. Text data: Fedor Ovechkin.
References
- [9] Tree of Life (funet.fi), 2012
- [174] Horsfield, T. Descriptive catalogue of the lepidopterous insects contained in the Museum of the honourable East-India company, illustrated by coloured figures of new species and of the metamorphosis of Indian lepidoptera, with introductory observations on a general arrangement of this order of insects. Part 1.London: Published by Parbury, Allen, & Co.,1828-29
- [187] Species 2000, http://www.sp2000.org
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