Callictita

Life-forms

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: Callictita
Species: C. albiplaga – C. arfakiana – C. cyara – C. felgara – C. jola – C. lara – C. mala – C. tifala – C. upola
Name

Callictita Bethune-Baker, 1908: 118.

Type species: Callictita cyara Bethune-Baker, 1908: 119, pl. 8, fig. 1, by original designation.
References

Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1908. Descriptions of butterflies of the Division Rhopalocera from Africa and from New Guinea. Proceedings of the zoological Society, London 1908: 110–126, 2 pls. BHL. 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.
Parsons, M.J. 1986. A revision of the genus Callictita Bethune-Baker (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from the mountains of New Guinea. Bull. Allyn Mus. (Ent) 103: 27pp., 111 figs. PDF. Reference page.
Parsons, M.J. & Hirowatari, T. 1988. A new species of Callictita from Irian Jaya. Tyô to Ga 39(4): 259–262, 2 figs. web. Reference page.
Wind, R. G. & Clench H. K., 1947a. The genus Callictita (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Psyche. 54: 57-61. Reference page.

Callictita is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are endemic to New Guinea (Australasian realm).
Species

The cyara species group
Callictita cyara Bethune-Baker, 1908
The albiplaga species group
Callictita albiplaga (Joicey & Talbot, 1916) New Guinea
Callictita lara Parsons, 1986 New Guinea
The mala species group
Callictita felgara Parsons, 1986 New Guinea
Callictita jola Parsons, 1986 New Guinea
Callictita mala Parsons, 1986 New Guinea
The afrakiana species group
Callictita arfakiana Wind & Clench, 1947 New Guinea
Callictita tifala Parsons, 1986 New Guinea
Unknown species group
Callictita upola Parsons & Hirowatari, 1988 New Guinea