Cyanophrys herodotus

Papilio herodotus from Donovan, [1903]

Thecla sicrana, ♂, 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: Cyanophrys
Species: Cyanophrys herodotus

Name

Cyanophrys herodotus (Fabricius, 1793).

Type locality: "Indiis".

Holotype: tbc.

Synonymy

per Lamas, 2004.

• Hesperia herodotus Fabricius, 1793: 286.
• Papilio herodotus (Fabricius); Donovan, [1803]: pl.38, figs 2; 1842: 58.
• Thecla herodotus (Fabricius); Hewitson, [1877]: 205, pl.82, fig. 680; Godman & Salvin, 1879: 33.
• Thecla leucania Hewitson, 1868: 33. Synonymy in Hewitson, [1877].
• Thecla sicrana Jones, 1912: 897, pl.97, fig.3.
• Thecla detesta Clench, 1946: 155.
• Cyanophrys circumcyanophrys D'Abrera, 1995. nom. nud. Panama.
• Cyanophrys amyntoides D'Abrera, 1995. nom. nud. Peru; Johnson & Le Crom, 1997, Bolivia.
• Cyanophrys sicranoides D'Abrera, 1995. nom. nud. Bolivia.
• Callophrys brazilensis D'Abrera, 1995.
• Cyanophrys distractus howei Johnson & Le Crom, 1997, Mexico, (Ver).
• Cyanophrys pseudocallophria Johnson & Le Crom, 1997, Paraguay.
• Cyanophrys descimoni Johnson & Le Crom, 1997, Ecuador.
• Cyanophrys gigantus Johnson & Le Crom, 1997, Guatemala.
• Cyanophrys rachelae Johnson & Le Crom, 1997, Ecuador.
• Plesiocyanophrys ricardo Johnson & Kruse, 1997. Argentina.
• Cyanophrys sullivani Johnson & Kruse, 1997. Nicaragua.
• Plesiocyanophrys brazilensis Johnson & Kruse, 1997. Brazil, (MT).
• Cyanophrys herodotus (Fabridius); Bridges, 1994: VIII.206; Lamas, 2004: 125.

References

• 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. 
• Clench, H.K., 1946. Notes on the amyntor group of the genus Thecla (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). The Entomologist 79(998): 152–157 (12 July), (999): 185–191 (23 August). Reference page. 
• Donovan, E., 1800-1804. An epitome of the natural history of the insects of India, and of the islands in the Indian seas. Lepidoptera, plates 15-51. T. Bensley, London. BHL. Reference page. 
• Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tomus III. Pars I. C. G. Proft, Hafniae, [vi] + 487 pp. BHL. Reference page. 
• Godman, F.D. & Salvin, O. 1879-1901. Biologia Centrali-Americana (Lepidoptera; Rhopalocera), 3 vols. London, Taylor & Francis. Vol. I, Vol. II, Vol III (plates). Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W. C., 1868. Descriptions of some new species of Lycaenidae. London. van Voorst, 36 pp. web purchase Reference page. 
• Johnson, K. & Le Crom, 1997. The "brown-frons" complex of Cyanophrys sensu lato and new sister species from Colombia and Brazil. Revista de Theclinae colombianos 1(2): [ii] + 1-21, pl. 3a, 6 figs. (15 August). Reference page. 
• Johnson, K. & Kruse, J., 1997. Colombian species of tailless "Cyanophrys" sensu lato and their sister taxa: Priorities for biological study. Revista de Theclinae colombianos 1(5): [ii] + 1-35, pl. 4, 3 figs., 3 maps (15 August). Reference page. 
• Jones, E.D. 1912. Descriptions of new Butterflies of the Genus Thecla from S.E. Brazil. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1912(4): 896–902, 1 pl. text, plate. 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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