Hypochrysops polycletus rex

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 polycletus
Subspecies: Hypochrysops polycletus rex

Name

Hypochrysops polycletus rex Boisduval, 1832.

Type locality: "Offack, Dorei".

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

• Simoethus rex Boisduval, 1831: 72.
• Miletus rex (Boisduval); Westwood, 1852: 503; Kirby, 1871: 336.
• Hypochrysops hypocletus Oberthür, 1880: 521; Druce, 1891: 182. LT ♂ Genoa Mus., designated by Sands, 1986: 80.
• Miletus polycletus oineus Fruhstorfer, 1908: 91; LT ♂ BMNH, designated by Sands, 1986: 80.
• Miletus polycletus linos Fruhstorfer, 1908: 92; synonymised by Sands, 1986: 80. HT ♂ BMNH, designated by Sands, 1986: 80.
• Miletus polycletus hylaithus Fruhstorfer, 1908: 92; D'Abrera, 1977: 331; synonymised by Sands, 1986: 80. HT ♂ BMNH.
• Miletus polycletus rex (Boisduval); Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914: 85.
• Hypochrysops rex (Boisduval); Druce, 1891: 183.
• Hypochrysops polycletus rex (Boisduval); van Eecke, 1915: 75; Sands, 1986: 80.
• Hypochrysops polycletus linos Fruhstorfer; D'Abrera, 1977: 331.
• Hypochrysops polycletus hypocletus Oberthür; D'Abrera, 1977: 332; synonymised by Sands, 1986: 80.

References

• D'Abrera, B. 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne. Reference page. 
• Boisduval, J.-A. 1832. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe (etc). Faune entomologique de l'Ocean Pacifique (etc). Part 1. Lépidoptères. Paris. J Tastu, 267pp, Pls. 1–12. 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. 
• van Eecke, R., 1915. Studies on Indo-Australian Lepidoptera II. The Lepidoptera collected by the third New Guinea expedition. Nova Guinea, Zoologie 13: 55-79, 3 pls. text, plates. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1908. Neue Lycaeniden. Internationale entomologische Zeitschrift 2(16): 85-86, 91-92, 99-100, 113.Archive. Reference page. 
• Oberthür, C. 1880. Étude les collections de Lépidoptères océaniens appartenant au Musée civique de Genes. Annali del Museo civico di storia naturale di Genova 15: 461–530. 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. & Lyell, G. 1914. The Butterflies of Australia. A monograph of the Australian Rhopalocera. 238 pp., 888 figs. Sydney. BHL Reference page. 
• Westwood, J.O. [1851]. In Doubleday, E. & Westwood, J. O., 1850–1852: The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera Vol.2. pp.251–534, pls.31–80 + suppl.pl. London. text, plates. Reference page.