Chlosyne nycteis pastoron

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: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Nymphalinae
Tribus: Melitaeini
Subtribus: Chlosynina
Genus: Chlosyne
Species: Chlosyne nycteis
Subspecies: Chlosyne nycteis pastoron

Name

Chlosyne nycteis pastoron Pelham, 2008

Type locality: USA, North Carolina, Macon County, Jones Knob 4200’.

Holotype: TILS. 8.VII.1989.

Synonymy

• Chlosyne ismeria obsoleta Gatrelle, 2003 (preoccupied by Melitaea leanira var. obsoleta Edwards, 1877) (original combination)
• Chlosyne nycteis pastoron (Pelham, 2008), (replacement name for Chlosyne ismeria obsoleta Gatrelle, 2003

References

Primary references

• Gatrelle, R.R. 2003. A taxonomic review of Chlosyne ismeria with description of a new ismeria subspecies from the Southern Appalachian Mountains. The Taxonomic Report 4(4): 1-15. full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Pelham, J.P. 2008. Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 40: 1–672. Reference page.