Neolycaena balchaschensis

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Podiata 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

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Eumaeini
Genus: Neolycaena
Subgenus: Rhymnaria
Species: Neolycaena balchaschensis
Subspecies: N. b. balchaschensis – N. b. emel – N. b. ichkila

Name

Neolycaena balchaschensis Zhdanko, 1998

Type locality: Kazakhstan, Lepsy River valley, 85 km NW Saratovka (in Churkin & Kolesnichenko, 2019, or "Otpan Mountain on the Mangyshlak Peninsula" per Lukhtanov, 1993)

Typus: Holotype Male ♂, legit A. Zhdanko, 30.V.1985.

Synonyms

Neolycaena balchaschensis Zhdanko, 1998: p.? (Original combination); Churkin & Kolesnichenko 2019: 280.
Neolycaena tengstroemi balchaschensis (Zhdanko, 1998); Lukhtanov, 1993: 63 (See also Korb & Bolshakov, 2011: NOT LISTED!)

References

Primary references

Churkin, S.V. & Kolesnichenko, K.A. 2019. A new species of Neolycaena de Nicville, [sic] 1890 (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from the Dzhungarian Gobi desert, Mongolia. Zootaxa 4700(2): 279–288. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4700.2.7 . Reference page.
Lukhtanov, V.A. 1993. Eine Übersicht über die Arten der Gattung Neolycaena mit den Beschreibungen einer neuen Art und einer neuen Unterart aus Kasachstan (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae). Atalanta 24(1/2): 61–70. PDF. Reference page.
Zhdanko, A.B. 1998. Review of the nominotypical subgenus Neolycaena (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with a description of two new species from Tajikistan. Zoologicheskii zhurnal 77(2): 196-201 (in Russian). Reference page.

Additional references

Korb, S.K. & Bolshakov, L.V. 2011. A catalogue of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoformes) of the former USSR. Second edition, reformatted and updated. Eversmannia, Supplement 2. Full article (PDF) in Russian. Reference page.

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