Paraspiculatus

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

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Eumaeini
Genus: Paraspiculatus
Species: P. apuya – P. azul – P. catrea –P. colombiensis –P. cosmo – P. elis – P. emma – P. grande –P. hannelore –P. honor – P. lilyana – P. noemi – P. oroanna – P. orobia – P. orobiana – P. orocana – P. sine –P. transvesta – P. vossoroca
(after Busby, Faynel, Moser & Robbins, 2017).

Name

Paraspiculatus Johnson and Constantino, 1997.

Type species: Paraspiculatus colombiensis Johnson and Constantino, 1997.

Synonymy

• See Mithras Hübner, 1819: 79. As senior synonym in Lamas, 2004: 118; but re-established as distinct in Busby et al, 2017.

References

Primary references

• 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. 
• Hübner, J. 1819. Verzeichniß bekannter Schmettlinge 2–11: 17–176. BHL Reference page. 
• Johnson & Constantino, 1997. Paraspiculatus, a new genus of the Eumaeini. Revista de Theclinae Colombianos 2(10): 1–8, 1 fig. 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. 

Additional references

• 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., 2002. Paraspiculatus oroanna sp. n. from Peru. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Folia Entomologica Hungarica 63: 113–117. web. 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. 
• Hemming, A.F. 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1–509. Reference page. 

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