Satyrium alcestis

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: Satyrium
Species: Satyrium alcestis

Name

Satyrium alcestis (Edwards, 1871).

Type locality: United States of America, Texas, Dallas.

Typus: Holotype female ♀ in CMNH, figured by W. Holland (1898).

Synonymy

• Thecla alcestis Edwards, 1871: 271; Holland, 1898: 241, Pl.29 Fig.14 [♀]; Draudt, 1924: 774, Pl.154k
• Strymon alcestis (Edwards, 1871); e.g. Lewis, 1974.
• Phaeostrymon alcestis (Edwards, 1871); Clench, 1961: 179, 190; Bridges, 1988: VIII.18, IX.88; Lamas, 2004: 124.

• Satyrium alcestis (Edwards, 1871); Zhang 2019: 4, fig.4.

See also:

• Thecla oslari Dyar, 1904: 40. Junior synonym of Phaeostrymon alcestis in Lamas, 2004: 124.
• Phaeostrymon alcestis oslari (Dyar, 1904); Hodges, 1983; Pelham, 2008: 211
• Satyrium alcestis oslari (Dyar, 1904); after Zhang 2019: 4.

References

• Bridges, C.A. 1988. Catalogue of Lycaenidae & Riodinidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. Reference page. 
• Clench, H. in Ehrlich, P. & Ehrlich, A., 1961. How to Know the Butterflies Wm.C. Brown Co., Dubuque, Iowa. v + 262pp., 525 figs. PDF Reference page. 
• Draudt, M.W.K. 1917–1924. Die amerikanischen Tagfalter. Lycaenidae and Grypocera. In Seitz, Gross-schmetterlinge der Erde 5: 739–999, Pls.1–194. Reference page. 
• Dyar, H.G. 1904. New Species of North American Lepidoptera and a New Limacodid larva. Journal of the New York Entomological Society 12(1): 39–44. BHL. Reference page. 
• Edwards, W.H., 1871. Descriptions of New Species of North American Butterflies. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 3(3/4): 266-277. Reference page. 
• Holland, W., 1898. The Butterfly Book. New York, Doubleday & McClure. 382pp, 48 pls. BHL 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. 

• Zhang, J., Cong. Q., Shen, J.H., Opler, P.A. & Grishin, N.V. 2019. Changes to North American butterfly names. The Taxonomic Report of The International Lepidoptera Survey 8(2): 1–12. PDF. Reference page. 

Links

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