Dicya dicaea

Taxonavigation[edit]

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: Dicya
Species: Dicya dicaea

Dicya dicaea (Hewitson, [1874]).

Type locality: uncertain.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH images.

Thecla dicaea Hewitson, [1874]: 179, pl.70, figs 531,532.
Thecla farmina Schaus, 1902: 421. Brazil, Parana, Castro. HT: ♂ USNM, images. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 136.
Thecla elegans Lathy, 1936: 230, pl.8, fig.4. Paraguay. HT: ♂ MNHN, images. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 136.
Dicya dicaea (Hewitson); Johnson, 1991: 43; Lamas, 2004: 136.

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