Hypochrysops herdonius

Hypochrysops herdonius, Aru Is., as H. resplendens, from Beth-Bak, 1908.

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 herdonius

Name

Hypochrysops herdonius Hewitson, 1874.

Type locality: Indonesia, Maluku, Aru.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH: "Aru Hewitson coll. 79.69 Hypochrysops herdonius, type, 1970-40 SLM".

Synonymy

• Hypochrysops herdonius Hewitson, 1874: 352; Druce, 1891: 194, pl. 11, figs 13, 14; Grünberg in Seitz, 1918: 847; D'Abrera, 1977: 331; Sands, 1986: 89.
• Hypochrysops boisduvali Oberthür, 1894: 11, pl. 6, fig. 49; synonymised by Sands, 1986: 89. HT ♀ BMNH, "E.F.N. Guinee Amboine" [probably not Maluku, Ambon].
• Waigeum resplendens Bethune-Baker, 1908: 125, pl. 9, fig. 12; synonymised by Sands, 1986: 89. HT ♀ BMNH, Aru.
• Miletus herdonius (Hewitson); Fruhstorfer, 1908: 99.
• Miletus boisduvali (Hewitson); Fruhstorfer, 1908: 99.
• Thysonotis boisduvali; (Oberthür); Grünberg in Seitz, 1918: 826.
• Miletus (Hypochrys.) modestus Röber, 1926: 374; synonymised by Sands, 1986: 89.

References

• D'Abrera, B. 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne. Reference page. 
• Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1908. Descriptions of butterflies of the Division Rhopalocera from Africa and from New Guinea. Proceedings of the zoological Society, London 1908: 110–126, 2 pls. BHL. Reference page. 
• 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. 
• Oberthür, C., 1894. Faunes Entomologiques: descriptions d'insectes nouveaux ou peu connus. Études d'Entomologie 19: x + 41pp., 8 pls. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
• Röber, J., 1926. Lepidopterologisches (1), (2). Entomologische Mitteilungen 15: 226-230, 372-377. (pdfx2) 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. 
• Seitz, A. 1912–1927. Die Indo-Australien Tagfalter. The Macrolepidoptera of the World 9: 1–766; 767–1201, pls 1–175. Reference page.