Neolycaena tengstroemi confusa

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 tengstroemi
Subspecies: Neolycaena tengstroemi confusa

Name

Neolycaena tengstroemi confusa Churkin, 2006

Type locality: Kirghizstan, Tian-Shan, Chatkalsky mts., Ravat-Sai river valley, 1800 - 2400 m.

Typus: SDMM. male ♂. genitalia slide GIK no. 14272/ 1. 9.VI.2001. leg. S. Churkin.

Synonymy

• Neolycaena confusa Churkin, 2006: 126-129; pls. 1-2, figs. 19-21 (Original combination)
• Neolycaena tengstroemi confusa Churkin, 2006; Korb & Bolshakov 2011: 77 [stat.n.]

(For Neolycaena ichkila Churkin, 2006, see Neolycaena balchaschensis ichkila Churkin, 2016, but proposed as a junior subjective synonym of confusa Churkin, 2006 in Korb, 2015: 58)

References

Primary references

• Churkin S. 2006. Taxonomic notes on Neolycaena de Niceville, 1890 from Tian-Shan with the description of new taxa (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Helios 7: 105–141. Reference page. 
• Korb, S.K. 2015b. Butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoformеs) of the Inner Tian-Shan. Eversmannia Supplement 6: 3-82, Pls.7. Archive PDF PDF Reference page. 
• 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. 
• 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. 

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