Thepytus

Thecla epytus, ♂,♀, 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: Thepytus
Species: (8) per Robbins et al, 2010.
T. arindela – T. beatrizae – T. carmen – T. echelta – T. epytus – T. jennifer – T. nancyana – T. thyrea

Thepytus Robbins, in Lamas, 2004: 280.

Type species: Thecla epytus Godman & Salvin, 1887: 40, pl.52, figs 27-29 by original designation.

Bálint, Zs. & H.W. Dahners, 2006. Beatheclus beatrizae, a new eumaeine species and genus from Colombia (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Eumaeini). Folia entomologica hungarica 67: 145–153, 13 figs. 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.

Robbins, R.K., Busby, R. & Duarte, M., 2010. Phylogeny and taxonomy of the Neotropical Thepytus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae). Arthropod systematics & phylogeny 68(1): 35-52. PDF Reference page.

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