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: Riodinidae
Subfamilia: Nemeobiinae
Tribus: Euselasiini
Genus: Methone
Species: Methone cecilia
Subspecies: Methone cecilia chrysomela

Name

Methone cecilia chrysomela (Butler, 1872).

Type locality: Costa Rica.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH , #1207, images.

Synonymy

  • Methonella chrysomela Butler, 1872: 78.
  • Methone chrysomela (Butler); Stichel, 1919: 319; Bridges, 1994: IX.76.
  • Methonella vitellia Seitz, [1913]: 633, pl.122i. Costa Rica. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 143. images.
  • Methone chrysomela eusebes Stichel, 1919: 320, Costa Rica,images.
  • Methone cecilia chrysomela (Butler); Lamas, 2004: 143.

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. 
  • Butler, A.G., 1872. Description of new butterflies from Costa Rica. Cistula Entomologica 1(4): 72-90. BHL. 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. 
  • Seitz, A., 1910-1924. Die Amerikanischen Tagfalter. in Grossschmettelinge Erde 5: 3-1055, pls 1-194. Alfred Kernan, Stuttgart. BHL text, plates Reference page. 
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