Leptotes plinius pseudocassius

Leptotes plinius pseudocassius, ♂, ♀, Australia.

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: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Leptotes
Species: Leptotes plinius
Subspecies: Leptotes plinius pseudocassius

Name

Leptotes plinius pseudocassius (Murray, 1873).

Type locality: Australia, Brisbane.

Holotype: male, BMNH.

Synonymy

• Lampides cassioides Murray, 1873: 108. (preocc. Boisduval, 1870: 16).
• Lampides pseudocassius Murray, 1873: 126. (repl. name).
• Syntarucus plinius pseudocarsius [sic] (Murray); McCubbin, 1971: 91.
• Syntarucus plinius pseudocassius (Murray); McCubbin, 1971: 92.
• Leptotes plinius pseudocassius (Murray); D'Abrera, 1977: 358; Bridges, 1994: IX.63; Tennent, 2009: 90.

References

• D'Abrera, B. 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne. Reference page. 
• Boisduval, J.-A. 1870. Considerations sur les Lépidoptères envoyés du Guatemala à M. de l'Orza. 100 pp., Rennes. Web Reference page. 
• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• McCubbin, C. 1971. Australian Butterflies. 200pp. Nelson, Melbourne. Reference page. 
• Murray, Rev. R. P., 1873. Descriptions of new Species of Exotic Rhopalocera. Ent. mon. Mag. 10: 107-108. (Oct. 1873) Reference page. 
• Murray, Rev. R. P., 1873. Description of a new Japanese species of Lycaena, and change of name of L. cassioides Murray. Ent. mon. Mag. 10: 126. (Nov. 1873) Reference page. 
• Tennent, W.J. 2009. A Field Guide to the Butterflies of Vanuatu; Ol buttaflae blong Vanuatu. 192 pp., Storm Entomological Publishing, Dereham, Norfolk, England. Reference page.