Pithecops corvus

Pithecops corvus ♂,♀Thailand

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: Pithecops
Species: Pithecops corvus
Sub-Species: P. c. corax – P. c. correctus – P. c. corvus

Name

Pithecops corvus (Fruhstorfer, 1919)

Type locality: North Borneo

Holotype: BMNH

Synonymy

• Pithecops ryukyuensis Shirôzu, 1964: 171. Type locality: Japan, Okinawa.
• Pithecops cornix Cowan, 1965: 421. Type locality: China, Hainan.

References

• Corbet, A. S., 1940. The identity of the Fabrician species Papilio sphinx and Papilio hylax. Entomologist 73: 275. Reference page. 
• Cowan, C. F., 1965. The nomenclature of Pithecops corvus and allied species (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Ann. Mag. nat. Hist. 13 (8): 421–425.
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1919. Revision der Artengruppe Pithecops auf Grund der Morphologie der Klammerorgane. Arch. Naturgesch. 83 (A) (1): 77–84.
• [1] Savela, M. Funet: Polyommatini.
• Shirôzu, T., 1962. Two new butterflies from the Ryukyus. Kontyû 32 (1): 167–173, 5 figs.

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