Hypochrysops halyaetus

Hypochrysops halyaetus

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 halyaetus

Name

Hypochrysops halyaetus Hewitson, 1874.

Type locality: Western Australia.

Lectotype: ♂ BMNH: "Type, Swan R. Hewitson Coll. 79-69. Hypochrysops halyaetus 3"; designated by Sands, 1986: 45.

Synonymy

• Hypochrysops halyaetus Hewitson, 1874: 350; Druce, 1891: 185, pl. 10, figs 4,5; Sands, 1986: 45.
• Polyommatus uranites Meyrick, 1888: 827, synonymised in Waterhouse, 1903: 163.
• Miletus halyaetus (Hewitson); Waterhouse, 1903: 163; Fruhstorfer, 1908: 99; Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914: 87.

References

• Druce, H.H. 1891. A monograph of the Lycaenid genus Hypochrysops with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 39(2): 179–195, pls. 10, 11. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1908. Neue Lycaeniden. Internationale entomologische Zeitschrift 2(16): 85-86, 91-92, 99-100, 113.Archive. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W. C. 1874. Descriptions of new species of Lycaenidae from his own collection. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 22(3): 343–355. BHL. Reference page. 
• Meyrick, E. 1888. Descriptions of new Australian Rhopalocera. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales (2)2(4): 827–834. Reference page. 
• Sands, D.P.A. 1986. A Revision of the genus Hypochrysops C. & R. Felder (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Entomonograph 7, 116pp., 3 pls. Reference page. 
• Waterhouse, G.A. 1903. Notes on Australian Rhopalocera: Lycaenidae, 3. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales 28(1): 132–275, pls. ii–iii. Text, plates Reference page. 
• Waterhouse, G.A. & Lyell, G. 1914. The Butterflies of Australia. A monograph of the Australian Rhopalocera. 238 pp., 888 figs. Sydney. BHL Reference page. 

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