Brephidium exilis exilis, ♂, Arizona.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Divisio: Eulepidoptera
Sectio: Ditrysia
Subsectio: Apoditrysia
Clade: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Brephidium
Species: B. exilis – B. metophis – B. pseudofea

Name

Brephidium Scudder, 1876
Type species: Lycaena exilis Boisduval, 1852.

References

  • Boisduval, J. B., 1852. Lepidoptères de la Californie. Annls. Soc. ent. Fr. 10(2): 275–324.
  • Clench, H.K., 1970: A new subspecies of Brephidium exilis from Yucatán (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 24 (1): 3–6. Full article: .
  • Eliot, J.N. 1973: The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative arrangement. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology, 28: 371–505.
  • Scudder, S. H., 1876. Synonymic list of the butterflies of North America, north of Mexico. Bull. Buffalo Soc. nat. Sci. 3: 98–129.
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