Brephidium exilis exilis, ♂, Arizona.
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: Brephidium exilis
Subspecies: B. e. exilis – B. e. isophthalma

Name

Brephidium exilis (Boisduval, 1852) .

Type locality: California .

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

  • Lycaena exilis Boisduval, 1852: 294; Godman & Salvin, [1887]: 109, pl. 58, figs 30-32 [1901].
  • Lycaena fea Edwards, 1871: 211. Texas.
  • Brephidium exilis ab. coolidgei Gunder, 1925: 2, pl. 1, fig. L.
  • Brephidium exilis yucateca Clench, 1970: 4, fig. 1.
  • Brephidium exilis exilis (Boisduval); Lamas, 2004: 138 (98-1081).

References

  • D'Abrera, B., 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne. Reference page. 
  • Boisduval, J. B., 1852. Lepidoptères de la Californie. Annls. Soc. ent. Fr. 10(2): 275–324. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Clench, H. K., 1970. A new subspecies of Brephidium exilis from Yucatan (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). J. Lep. Soc. 24(1): 3–6, 1 fig. Reference page. 
  • Edwards, W. H., 1871. Descriptions of New Species of Diurnal Lepidoptera found within the United States. Trans. Amer. ent. Soc 3(3/4): 205–216. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Gunder, J. D., 1925. Several new varieties of and aberrant Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) from California. Ent. News 36(1): 1–9, pl. 1. Archive. Reference page. 
  • Lamas, G. 2004. Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol. 5A. Association for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439p. Reference page. 
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