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Megisba Moore, [1881]
Megisba Moore, [1881]; Lepid. Ceylon 1 (2): 71, TS: Megisba thwaitesi Moore
Pathalia Moore, 1884; J. asiat. Soc. Bengal 53 Pt.II (1) : 21, TS: Pathalia albidisca Moore
Pathalia (Polyommatini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 449
Megisba (Polyommatini) ; Eliot, 1973, Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 449; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 158
Megisba strongyle (Felder, 1860)
-. See [About maps] Lycaena strongyle Felder, 1860
Megisba strongyle, Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia [Don Herbison-Evans]

Larva on Acacia leiocalyx, Mallotus paniculatus, M. philippensis K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991, Review Austr. Butts. (1-4): (120-140)

M. s. strongyle
Aru, Kai, Buru, Ambon, Serang, Obi Megisba malaya strongyle ; [BAUR, 377 (text)]
M. s. nigra (Miskin, 1890)
Australia (Cape York - Cairns) Lycaena nigra Miskin, 1890; Proc. linn. Soc. N.S.W. (2) 5 (1) : 36, TL: Cardwell
Megisba malya nigra ; [BAUR, 377 (text)]
M. s. monacha Grose-Smith, 1894
West Irian - Papua Megisba monacha Grose-Smith, 1894; Novit. zool. 1 (3): 571
Megisba malaya monacha ; [BAUR, 377]
M. s. orientalis (Joicey & Talbot, 1916)
Biak Megisba orientalis Joicey & Talbot, 1916; Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1916 (1) : 75, pl. 5, f. 3 ♂
Megisba malaya orientalis ; [BAUR, 377 (text)]
M. s. strongyloides Fruhstorfer, 1918
Bachan?, Halmahera Megisba malaya strongyloides ; [BAUR, 377 (text)]
M. s. clerica (Fruhstorfer, 1918)
Trobriand I. Megisba malaya clerica ; [BAUR, 377 (text)]
M. s. caudata Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983
New Guinea Megisba strongyle caudata Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983; Butts. Lycaenopsis group: 63, f. 232, 256, TL: Papua New Guinea, New Britain, Rabaul
M. s. aenigma Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983
Tanimber Megisba strongyle aenigma Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983; Butts. Lycaenopsis group: 63, f. 233, 257, TL: Tanimber, Timor Laut
Megisba malaya (Horsfield, [1828])
Ceylon, S.India - Bengal, Kumaon - Assam, Burma, Malaya - New Guinea. See [About maps] Malayan
Lycaena malaya Horsfield, [1828]; Descr. Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (1): 70, TL: Java
Megisba malaya ; [BIR, 272]; [BOW: pl. 178, f. 27]; [BOR, 650]; [MRS, 682]; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 159
[malaya-1v.jpg] 512x341 (~23Kb) underside India: Guwahati, 17.11.2005, Photo © Kedar Tokekar

Larva on Sapindaceae sp. [BMP], Allophylus cobbe [BIR], Macaranga, Mallotus, Trigonostemon, Rhamnus, Allophylus, Schmidella Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 159


M. m. thwaitesi (Moore, [1881])
Ceylon, S.India - Bengal, Sikkim Megisba thwaitesi Moore, [1881]; Lepid. Ceylon 1 (2): 71, pl. 34, f. 3, 3a-b
Megisba malaya r. thwaitesi ; [BIR, 272]
M. m. sikkima Moore, 1884
Kumaon - Sikkim, Assam, Burma, Bengal, S.Yunnan, Sulawesi Megisba sikkima Moore, 1884; J. asiat. Soc. Bengal 53 Pt.II (1) : 21, TL: Sikkim
Pathalia albidisca Moore, 1884; J. asiat. Soc. Bengal 53 Pt.II (1) : 21, TL: Chittagong; Kurdah; Orissa; NW.Himalaya
= ; Cassidy, 1995, Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 46 (2): 46
Megisba malaya volubilis Fruhstorfer, 1918; Archiv Naturgesch. (A) 82 (12): 6, TL: Formosa
= ; Cassidy, 1995, Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 46 (2): 46
Megisba malaya velina Fruhstorfer, 1918; Archiv Naturgesch. (A) 82 (12): 6, TL: Sumatra
= ; Cassidy, 1995, Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 46 (2): 46
Megisba malaya infumata Fruhstorfer, 1918; Archiv Naturgesch. (A) 82 (12): 7, TL: Sulawesi
= ; Cassidy, 1995, Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 46 (2): 46
Megisba malaya rosanna Fruhstorfer, 1918; Archiv Naturgesch. (A) 82 (12): 6, TL: Philippines
= ; Cassidy, 1995, Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 46 (2): 46
Megisba malaya var. iwasakii Matsumura, 1919; Thous. Ins. Japan. Addit. 3 : 643, pl. 49, f. 24, TL: Japan
= ; Cassidy, 1995, Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 46 (2): 46
Megisba malaya malaya f. siebersi Toxopeus, 1927; Tijdschr. Ent. 70 (3/4) : 283, TL: Java
= ; Cassidy, 1995, Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 46 (2): 46
Megisba malaya sikkima, Butterflies in Indo-China [Yutaka Inayoshi]
 Megisba malaya r. sikkima ; [BIR, 272]
Megisba malaya sikkima ; [MRS, 682]; [BMP: 238, pl. 34, f. 46-48]; Cassidy, 1995, Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 46 (2): 46; Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003, Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 159

Larva on Allophylus timorensis, A. cobbe, Mallotus japonicus, M. paniculatus, M. philippensis, Macaranga tanarius, Rhamnus formosana [MRS]

M. m. insulicola (Rothschild, 1915)
Manam I. Lycaenopsis insulicola Rothschild, 1915; Novit. Zool. 22 (3): 388, TL: Vulcan Island
Megisba malaya insulicola ; [BAUR, 377 (text)]
M. m. presbyter Fruhstorfer, 1918
M. m. anomala Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983
Timor Megisba malaya anomala Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983; Butts. Lycaenopsis group: 60, TL: Timor, Oinainisa

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References:
[About maps]
Warning! The maps are automatically generated from the textual information, and the process does not always produce acceptable result; See about maps for more info.
[BAUR]
D'Abrera, 1977; Butterflies of the Australian Region (2nd edn)
[BHL]
The; Biodiversity Heritage Library; and on; Internet Archive; Note: The linking to the content of Internet Archive is somewhat delicate -- notify me when links break!
[BIR]
Wynter-Blyth, M. A., 1957; Butterflies of the Indian Region; (1982 Reprint)
[BMP]
Eliot (Ed.), Corbet & Pendlebury, 1992; The Butterflies of The Malay Peninsula; 4th edition; ISBN 983-9681-05-2
[BOR]
D'Abrera, B., 1982, 1985, 1986; Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part I-III
[BOW]
Lewis, H. L., 1974; Butterflies of the World; ISBN 0 245 52097 X
[Don Herbison-Evans]
and Stella A. Crossley; Lepidoptera Larvae of Australia; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans; e-mail: Don Herbison-Evans
[Kedar Tokekar]
India
[LAMAS-2005]
Gerardo Lamas; Entomofauna 26 (6): 57-100; A Bibliography of the Zoological Publications of Hans Fruhstorfer (1886* - 1922+)
[MRS]
Chou Io (Ed.); Monographia Rhopalocerum Sinensium, 1-2
[Yutaka Inayoshi]
A Check List of Butterflies in Indo-China; Chiefly from THAILAND, LAOS & VIETNAM

Some related literature:
Cassidy, 1995
On the Lycaenopsis Group of Genera (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) of the Sulawesi Region Trans. lepid. Soc. Japan 46 (2): 45-62
K. L. & L. E. Dunn, 1991
Review of Australian Butterflies: distribution, life history and taxonomy. Pushlished by authors, Melbourne Review Austr. Butts. (1-4):
Eliot, 1973
The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative Arrangement Bull. Br. Mus. nat. Hist. (Ent.) 28 (6) : 373-505, 162fgs, pl. 1-6
Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983
Blue butterflies of the Lycaenopsis group. British Museum (Natural History) Butts. Lycaenopsis group: 309 pp., 560 figs
Fruhstorfer, 1918
Altes und Neues über Megisba malaya Archiv Naturgesch. (A) 82 (12): 4-8 (November)
Grose-Smith, 1894
An Account of a Collection of Diurnal Lepidoptera from New Guinea (Parts I-III) - made by Mr. W. Doherty at Humboldt Bay, Dutch New Guinea, and in neighbouring islands, in the Museum of the honourable Walter Rothschild at Tring, with descriptions of new species Novit. zool. 1 (2): 331-365, (2): 543-551, (3): 571-584
Horsfield, [1828]
Descriptive Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects contained in the Museum of the Horourable East-India Company, illustrated by coloured figures of new species Descr. Cat. lep. Ins. Mus. East India Coy (1): 1-80, pl. 1-4 (1828), (2): 81-144, pl. 5-8, (expl.) [1-2] (1829)
Joicey & Talbot, 1916
New Lepidoptera from the Schouten Islands, with description of a new Tineid Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1916 (1) : 65-83, pl. 3-6
Matsumura, 1919
Thousand Insects of Japan. Additamenta 3 [Shin Nihon senchu zukai] Thous. Ins. Japan. Addit. 3 : 475-742, pl. 26-53
Miskin, 1890
Descriptions of hitherto undescribed Australian Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera), principally Lycaenidae Proc. linn. Soc. N.S.W. (2) 5 (1) : 29-43
Moore, [1881]
The Lepidoptera of Ceylon Lepid. Ceylon 1 (1): 1-40, pl. 1-18, (2): 41-80, pl. 19-36, (3): 81-136, pl. 37-54, (4): 137-190, pl. 55-71
Moore, 1884
Descriptions of some new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera; chiefly from specimens contained in the Indian Museum, Calcutta J. asiat. Soc. Bengal 53 Pt.II (1) : 16-52
Rothschild, 1915
On the Lepidoptera in the Tring Museum sent by Mr. A. S. Meek from the Admiralty Islands, Dampier and Vulcan Islands Novit. Zool. 22 (2): 192-208, (3): 387-402
Toxopeus, 1927
Eine Revision der javanischen, zu Lycaenopsis Felder und verwandten Genera gehörigen Arten. (Mit Einführung von 6 neuen Genera, Beschreibung von 2 neuen Species un 5 neuen Subspecies). Lycaenidae Australasiae II Tijdschr. Ent. 70 (3/4) : 232-302, pl. 1, 27 text figs.
Vane-Wright & de Jong, 2003
The butterflies of Sulawesi: annotated checklist for a critical island faunda Zool. Verh. Leiden 343: 3-268, pl. 1-16

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