Lyropteryx lyra

Lyropteryx olivia from original description.

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: Riodinidae
Subfamilia: Riodininae
Tribus: Riodinini
Genus: Lyropteryx
Species: Lyropteryx lyra
Subspecies: (2) per Lamas, 2004.
L. l. cleadas – L. l. lyra

Name

Lyropteryx lyra Saunders, 1859.

Type locality: Colombia, Bogota.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH, images.

Synonymy

• Lyropteryx lyra Saunders, 1859: 109.
• Lyropteryx olivia Butler, 1870: 364; [1874]: 39, HT ♀ BMNH, images. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 148.
• Lyropterix olivia [sic] Butler, [1874]: pl.14 fig.2. Mis-spelling of Genus name.
• Lyropteryx lyra olivia Butler; Stichel, 1910: 93.
• Lyropteryx lyra lyra Saunders; Stichel, 1910: 93; Lamas, 2004: 148.

References

• Butler, A.G., 1870. On new Diurnal Lepidoptera. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History 4(5): 362-365. BHL. Reference page. 
• Butler, A.G. 1869–74. Lepidoptera Exotica, or Descriptions and Illustrations of Exotic Lepidoptera. London, E. W. Janson. 190pp., 64 pls. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
• Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page. 
• Saunders, W.W. [1859]. On the Genus Erycina Linn. with Descriptions of some New Species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (2)5(9): 94-110, pl. 10,11. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
• Stichel, H. 1909-1910. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der Riodinidae Grote (Erycinidae Swains). (Lep. Rhop.) I-III. Berliner Entomologischer Zeitschrift [1909] 53(3/4): 254-275; 54(1/2): 1-48; [1910] 55(1/2): 9–103. BHL1, BHL2, BHL3. Reference page. 
• Stichel, H. 1910–1911. Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera, Riodinidae in Wytsman, P. 1866–1925. Genera Insectorum. Fasc. 112: 1–452, 27 pls. BHL: text, plates.Reference page. 

Links

• BoA.