Theclinesthes

Theclinesthes miskini arnoldi, ♂ New Guinea

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Cladus: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Theclinesthes
Species: T. albocincta – T. hesperia – T. miskini – T. onycha – T. petersi – T. serpentata – T. sulpitius

Name

Theclinesthes Röber, 1891

Type species: Plebeius eremicola Röber, 1891, by monotypy.

Synonyms

Utica Hewitson, [1865], by monotypy. Type species Utica onycha Hewitson, [1865], a junior homonym of Utica White, 1847.

References

• Hewitson, W. C., 1863-1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp. etc.
• Hirowatari, T., 1992. A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae). Bull. Univ. Osaka Pref., Ser B, Vol. 44, Suppl.
• Röber, J., 1891. Beitrag zue kenntniss der Indo-Australischen lepidopteren fauna. Tijdschr. Ent. 34: 261–334.
• Sibatani, A and Grund, R. B., 1978. A revision of the Theclinesthes onycha Complex (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Tyô to Ga, 29(1): 1–34.
• Tennent, W.J., 2005: Some new records of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) from New Caledonia, including a new species of Theclinesthes (Lycaenidae). Futao 49: 6–8.

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