• Bingham, 1903: 118 (w.q.); Imai et al., 1984: 6 (k.).
• See also: Forel, 1903a: 708; Karavaiev, 1935a: 80; Gathalkar & Barsagade, 2018: 1.
• Current subspecies: nominal plus M. b. flava, M. b. subcarinata.

Citations

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