Micandra aegides

aegides, ♂, from original description.

Thecla amplitudo, ♂, from original description.

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Cladus: Metapterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Endopterygota Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Infraordo: Heteroneura Divisio: Eulepidoptera Sectio: Ditrysia Subsectio: Apoditrysia Clade: Obtectomera Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Eumaeini
Genus: Micandra
Species: Micandra aegides

Name

Micandra aegides (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865).

Type locality:

Holotype: ♂ BMNH, #563, images.

Synonymy

• Pseudolycaena aegides C. & R. Felder, 1865: 246, pl.31, figs 3,4.
• Thecla amplitudo Druce, 1907: 575, pl.32, fig.6. ♂ BMNH, #564, images. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 120.
• Thecla aegides (Felder); Draudt, [1919]: 753.
• Micandra aegides (Felder); Lamas, 2004: 120.

References

• Draudt, 1917-1924. Die amerikanischen Tagfalter. Lycaenidae and Grypocera. in Seitz, Grossschmett. Erde 5: 744–999. BHL text, Plates. Reference page. 
• Druce, H.H., 1907c. On Neotropical Lycaenidae with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the zoological Society of London 1907(3): 566–632. pls 31-36. BHL. Reference page. 
• Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1865–75. Rhopalocera. In Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in der Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 under den Befehlen Commadore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band: Abtheilung. Vienna, 549 pp., 140 pls. Text. Plates. Reference page. 
• Lamas, G. 2004. Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera Volume 5A; Checklist: 4A; Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea. Assoc. Trop. Lep. Inc, Gainesville. Reference page. 

Links

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