Monodontides

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: Monodontides
Subgenus: M. (Buakraengius)

Species (1): M. cara

Subgenus: M. (Monodontides)

Species (8): M. apona – M. argioloides – M. chapmani – M. hondai – M. kolari – M. luzonensis – M. musina – M. ternatensis
Name

MonodontidesToxopeus, 1927

Type species: Nacaduba argioloides Rothschild, 1915
Synonymy

Monodontides Toxopeus, 1927b: 258 [as subgenus of Notarthrinus Chapman, 1908].
Monodontides Toxopeus; Toxopeus, 1928: 181 [as subgenus of Celastrina Tutt, 1906].
Monodontides Toxopeus; D'Abrera, 1977: 282 [raised to genus].

References

D'Abrera, B. 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne. Reference page.
Eliot, J. N. & Kawazoé, A. 1983. Blue butterflies of the Lycaenopsis group. British Museum (Natural History), London. ISBN 0-565-00860-9 Reference page.
Toxopeus, L. J., 1927-1928. Eine Revision der javanischen, zu Lycaenopsis und verwandten Genera gehörigen Arten. Tijdschr. Ent. 70: 232-302, 1pl., 27 figs; ibid. 71: 179-265, 1 pl., 29 figs. Reference page.

Monodontides is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Indomalayan realm and the bordering Palearctic realm.
Species

Subgenus Buakraengius Eliot and Kawazoé, 1983
Monodontides cara (de Nicéville, 1898)
Subgenus Monodontides Toxopeus, 1927
Monodontides apona (Fruhstorfer, 1910)
Monodontides argioloides (Rothschild, 1915)
Monodontides chapmani Cassidy, 2003
Monodontides hondai Eliot and Kawazoé, 1983
Monodontides kolari (Ribbe, 1926)
Monodontides luzonensis Eliot and Kawazoé, 1983
Monodontides musina (Snellen, 1892)
Monodontides ternatensis Eliot and Kawazoé, 1983

References

"Monodontides Toxopeus, 1927" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms