Brevianta

Brevianta undulata (Hewitson) from original description.

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
Genus: Brevianta
Species: B. bathoryon – B. busa – B. celelata – B. ematheon – B. hyas – B. magnifica – B. perpenna – B. saphonota – B. tolmides – B. undulata – B. undulella

Name

Brevianta Johnson, Kruse & Kroenlein, 1997.

Type Species: Thecla undulata Hewitson, 1867: 81, pl. 32, figs 41,42.

Synonymy

• Bussa Johnson, Kruse & Kroenlein, 1997. Preocc. Bussa Ragonot, 1888 [Pyralidae]. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 120.

References

• Bálint, Zs., 2005. A review of the Neotropical hairstreak genus Annamaria with notes on further genera (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici, 97: 115–149. PDF. Reference page. 
• Bálint, Z. & Wojtusiak, J. 2011. Contribution to the knowledge of Neotropical Lycaenidae: Brevianta bathoryon sp. n. from the Western Cordilleras of the Andes with notes on the genus (Lepidoptera: Eumaeini). Genus 22 (2): 205–215. PDF. Reference page. 
• Johnson, Kruse & Kroenlein, 1997. The Macusiina, a new infratribe of the Eumaeini with description of the new genera (Lycaenidae). Revista de Theclinae colombianos 2(13): 1–39. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page. 

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