Paraspiculatus orobia

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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

Paraspiculatus orobia (Hewitson, 1867).

Type locality: Brazil, Amazon.

Typus: Lectotype, male ♂ BMNH, Hewitson coll., BM Type no. Rh. 797". (designated in K. Johnson & Constantino, 1997: 7). BoA images

Thecla orobia Hewitson, 1867: 103; pl.40, figs 134,135; Bridges, 1994: IX.127.
Paraspiculatus orobia (Hewitson, 1867); Johnson & Constantino, 1997; Bálint & Moser, 2001: 260; Bálint, 2004: 108; Busby et al. 2017: 33.
Mithras orobia (Hewitson, 1867); Lamas, 2004: 118.
Paraspiculatus villaanna Bálint, 2004: 112, figs 2-4. (Synonomy in Busby et al. 2017: 6).
- Type locality: Colombia, Villavincencio, 400 m
  - Typus: Holotype, male ♂ MNHN, Coll. Fassl.
Mithras villaanna (Bálint, 2004)
See also Paraspiculatus colombiensis K. Johnson & Constantino, 1997. (Synonymized by Bálint, 2004: 115, but restored in Busby et al. 2017: 6)
- Type locality: Colombia, Rio Ortequaza.
  - Typus: Holotype, male ♂, AMNH images.

Bálint, Zs. & A. Moser, 2001. Notes on the genus Paraspiculatus (Insecta: Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini) with a synopsis of the taxa occurring in southern Brazil. Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 103B: 249–262. PDF Reference page.
Bálint, Zs, 2004. Further notes on the neotropical hairstreak butterfly genus Paraspiculatus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini). Folia Entomologica Hungarica 65: 107–116. PDF Reference page.
Busby, R., Faynel, C., Moser, A. & Robbins, R., 2017. Sympatric Diversification in the Upper Amazon. A revision of the Eumaeine Genus Paraspiculatus. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 649: 1-65. 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. Urbana, Illinois. BHL. Reference page.
Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. 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.