Megisto cleophes

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: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Satyrinae
Tribus: Satyrini
Subtribus: Euptychiina
Genus: Megisto
Genus: Megisto cleophes

Name

Megisto cleophes (Godman & Salvin, 1889)

Type locality: Mexico, Guerrero, Dos Camino.

Lectotype: BMNH. female ♀. B.M. Type No Rh 3144. (lectotype Euptychia cleophes designated by Zacca et al., 2020: 24)

Synonyms

• Euptychia cleophes Godman & Salvin, 1889: 352 (original combination)
• Cissia cleophes (Godman & Salvin): Llorente-Bousquets et al., 1996: 45
• Megisto cleophes (Godman & Salvin): Zacca et al., 2020: 16

References

Additional references

• Singer, M.C., DeVries, P.J. & Ehrlich, P.R. 1983. The Cissia confusa species-group in Costa Rica and Trinidad (Lepidoptera:Satyrinae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 79(2): 101–119 DOI: 10.1111/j.1096-3642.1983.tb01162.x. Reference page. 
• Zacca, T., Casagrande, M.M., Mielke, O.H.H., Huertas, B., Espeland, M., Freitas, A.V.L., Willmott, K.R., Nakahara, S. & Lamas, G. 2020. Revalidation of Vareuptychia Forster, 1964, description of Vanima gen. nov., and notes on Euptychia cleophes Godman & Salvin, 1889 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae). Zootaxa 4858(1): 1–34. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4858.1.1. . Reference page.