Arumecla aruma

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: Theclinae
Tribus: Eumaeini
Subtribus: Calycopidina
Genus: Arumecla
Species: Arumecla aruma

Name

Arumecla aruma (Hewitson, 1877).

Type locality: Brazil, Espírito Santo.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH: "Hewitson coll. 79-69 Thecla aruma-1, B.M. Type No. Rh.894. Type." images.

Synonymy

• Thecla aruma Hewitson, 1877: 192, pl. 75, figs 609-610; Bridges, 1994: VIII.46.
• Thecla dubiosa Lathy, 1936: 232. images.
• Gigantorubra divergens Austin & K. Johnson, 1997: 258. images.
• Calycopis aruma (Hewitson); Lewis, 1973: 236.
• Arumecla aruma (Hewitson); Lamas, 2004: 128; Robbins & Duarte, 2004: 128.

References

• Austin, G. T. & K. Johnson, 1997. Theclinae of Rondonia, Brazil (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Insecta Mundi 11: 255–272. Gigantorubra, Angulopis PDF. Reference page. 
• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Lathy, P.I., 1936. Thecla nouveaux d'Amérique de Sud (Lepidopt. Lycaenidae) in Bouvier, Livre jubilaire Bouvier : 229–232. Firmin-Didot, Paris. 379 pp. Reference page. 
• Lewis, H. L., 1974. Butterflies of the World xvi + 104pp., 208 pls. Harrap, London.
• Robbins, R. & Duarte, M., 2004. Descriptions of new butterfly genera. Lycaenidae: Eumaeini, pp. 275-282. In: Lamas, G. (Ed.), Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In: Heppner, J.B. (Ed.), Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Volume 5A. Gainesville, Association for Tropical Lepidoptera; Scientific Publishers. Reference page.