Hypochrysops elgneri

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: Luciini
Genus: Hypochrysops
Species: Hypochrysops elgneri
Subspecies: H. e. barnardi – H. e. elgneri

Name

Hypochrysops elgneri (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1909)

Type locality: Prince of Wales Island

Lectotype: ♂ AM: "Prince of Wales Is. 24 June 1908, H. Elgner, KL 22605, G.A. Waterhouse collection, Miletus elgneri Whs & Lyl. Type ♂; designated by Sands 1986: 29.

Synonyms

Miletus elgneri Waterhouse & Lyell, 1909: 114.
Hypochrysops elgneri elgneri (Waterhouse & Lyell); McCubbin, 1971: 98; Sands, 1986: 28.

References

McCubbin, C., 1971. Australian Butterflies. 200pp. Nelson, Melbourne. Reference page.

Sands, D.P.A. 1986. A Revision of the genus Hypochrysops C. & R. Felder (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Entomonograph 7, 116pp., 3 pls. Reference page.

Waterhouse, G. A. & Lyell, G., 1909. New and rare Auistralian butterflies of the genus Miletus. Victorian Naturalist 26: 110-116. Reference page.

Links

The Papua Insects Foundation, images.

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