Thecla dicaea, ♂, from original description.

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: Theclinae
Tribus: Eumaeini
Genus: Dicya
Species: Dicya dicaea

Name

Dicya dicaea (Hewitson, [1874]).

Type locality: uncertain.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH images.

Synonymy

  • Thecla dicaea Hewitson, [1874]: 179, pl.70, figs 531,532.
  • Thecla farmina Schaus, 1902: 421. Brazil, Parana, Castro. HT: ♂ USNM, images. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 136.
  • Thecla elegans Lathy, 1936: 230, pl.8, fig.4. Paraguay. HT: ♂ MNHN, images. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 136.
  • Dicya dicaea (Hewitson); Johnson, 1991: 43; Lamas, 2004: 136.

References

  • Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
  • Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
  • Johnson, K., 1991. Neotropical Hairstreak Butterflies: Genera of the "Calycopis/Calystryma Grade" of Eumaeini (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae) and their Diagnostics. Reports of the Museum of Natural History, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point 21: 127 pp. PDF Reference page. 
  • Lathy, P., 1936. Thecla nouveaux d'Amérique de Sud (Lepidopt. Lycaenidae) in Bouvier, Livre jubilaire Bouvier : 229–232. Firmin-Didot, Paris. 379 pp. Reference page. 
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