aegides, ♂, from original description.
Thecla amplitudo, ♂, 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: Micandra
Species: Micandra aegides

Name

Micandra aegides (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865).

Type locality:

Holotype: ♂ BMNH, #563, images.

Synonymy

  • Pseudolycaena aegides C. & R. Felder, 1865: 246, pl.31, figs 3,4.
  • Thecla amplitudo Druce, 1907: 575, pl.32, fig.6. ♂ BMNH, #564, images. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 120.
  • Thecla aegides (Felder); Draudt, [1919]: 753.
  • Micandra aegides (Felder); Lamas, 2004: 120.

References

  • Draudt, M.W.K. 1917-1924. Die amerikanischen Tagfalter. Lycaenidae and Grypocera. in Seitz, Grossschmett. Erde 5: 744–999. BHL text, Plates. Reference page. 
  • Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1865–75. Rhopalocera. In Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in der Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 under den Befehlen Commadore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band: Abtheilung. Vienna, 549 pp., 140 pls. Text. Plates. 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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