Hypolycaena phorbas silo

Hypolycaena phorbas silo, female Type specimen, New Guinea, from BMNH coll.

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: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Hypolycaenini
Genus: Hypolycaena
Species: Hypolycaena phorbas
Sub-Species: Hypolycaena phorbas silo

Name

Hypolycaena phorbas silo Fruhstorfer, 1912

Type locality: "Neu-Guinea"

Allotype (Paratype) ♀: BMNH, "Fr. Wilh. Hafen". Holotype, presumably ♂, not located.

Synonymy

• Hypolycaena phorbas silo Fruhstorfer, 1912: 239.
• Hypolycaena latostrigatus van Eecke, 1915: 75, pl.3, fig.10. Syntype ♂ Irian Jaya, Kloofbivak RML.
• Hypolycaena pseudophorbas Rothschild, 1915: 33. ♀ Utakwa River, BMNH.
• Hypolycaena watleri Fruhstorfer, 1916: 69, proposed as a nom. nov. for pseudophorbas.

References

• Cassidy, A.C.& Rawlins, A. 2011. On Hypolycaena from Maluku, Indonesia, including the first description of male Hypolycaena asahi (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ZooKeys, 115: 53–84. DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.115.1406Reference 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. 1911. Ubersicht der Lycaeniden des Indo-Australischen Gebiets. Begründet auf die Ausbeute und die Sammlung des Autors. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift 56(3/4): 197–272, 4 figs. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H., [1916]. Rhopaloceren aus Holländish Neu-Guinea. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte (A)81(11): 61-78. Reference page. 
• Rothschild, L.W. 1916. Lepidoptera of the British Ornithologists' Union and Wollaston Expeditions in the Snow Mountains, Southern Dutch New Guinea (Macrolepidoptera). 182 pp., 2 pls. Zoological Museum, Tring. Text, plates. Reference page. 

Links

• The Papua Insects Foundation, images.