Hypochrysops castaneus

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: Luciini
Genus: Hypochrysops
Species: Hypochrysops castaneus

Name

Hypochrysops castaneus Sands, 1986.

Type locality: New Guinea, Maprik.

Holotype: ♂ ANIC: "NEW GUINEA Maprik (Sepik District) 600ft. July 7 1950 Collected by Wm. Brandt. E.J.C. Hallstrom, Genitalia slide M627."

Synonymy

• Hypochrysops castaneus Sands, 1986: 54.
• Hypochrysops argyriorufa van Eecke, 1924, ♀ [misidentification].

References

• Sands, D.P.A. 1986. A Revision of the genus Hypochrysops C. & R. Felder (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Entomonograph 7, 116pp., 3 pls. Reference page. 

Links

• The Papua Insects Foundation, images.