Pistoria

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilioniformes

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Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Pistoria
Species: P. nigropunctata

Name

Pistoria Hemming, 1964.

Type species: Mambara nigropunctata Bethune-Baker, 1908.

Synonyms

• Mambara Bethune-Baker, (vii) 1908. Type Species: mambara nigropunctata Bethune-Baker, by original designation. Mambara is a junior homonym of the Limacodid name Mambara Bethune-Baker, (vi) 1908.

References

• Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1908. Descriptions of butterflies of the Division Rhopalocera from Africa and from New Guinea. Proc. zool. Soc. Lond. 1908: 110-126, 2 pls.
• Hemming, A. F., 1964f. Introduction, as a replacements for names invalid under the Law of Homonymy, of names for two genera of the family Lycaenidae. Annotationes Lepidopterologicae (4): 141-142Hepburn & Sons Ltd., London.
• 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.
• Parsons, M., 1999. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea Academic Press, ISBN 0-12-55555-0
• Tite, G. E., 1962. The geographical distribution of Mambara nigropunctata Bethune-Baker (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Entomologist 95: 127-130.