Pithecops dionisius

Pithecops dionisius, Indonesia, Maluku, Bacan

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda 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: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Pithecops
Species: Pithecops dionisius

Name

Pithecops dionisius (Boisduval, [1832])

Type locality: New Guinea

Holotype: Not located

Synonymy

• Lycaena dionisius Boisduval, [1832]: 82.
• Eupsychellus peridesma Oberthür. Holotype ♂ not located. Type locality: Halmaheira.
• Pithecops steirema H. H. Druce, 1890: 25. Holotype ♂ BMNH. Type locality: Solomon Islands, Savo.
• Pithecops bassaris de Nicéville, 1892:327, pl. H, figs. 4,5. Holotype ♂ not located. Type locality: Ké Islands.
• Eupsychellus dionisius (Boisduval); Pagenstecher, 1897: 417, pl. 18, fig. 8.
• Eupsychellus dionysius [sic] Rothschild, 1915: 389.
• Pithecops euanthes Fruhstorfer, 1919: 80. Holotype ♂ BMNH. Type locality: Seram.
• Pithecops oinopion Fruhstorfer, 1919: 81. Holotype ♂ BMNH. Type locality: Shortland Islands.
• Pithecops staphylus Fruhstorfer, 1919: 81. Holotype ♂ BMNH. Type locality: New Britain, Kiriwina.

References

• Boisduval, J.-A. 1832. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe (etc). Faune entomologique de l'Ocean Pacifique (etc). Part 1. Lépidoptères. Paris. J Tastu, 267pp, Pls. 1–12. Reference page. 
• Druce, H.H. 1890. Descriptions of twelve new species of Lycaenidae from West Africa and one from the Solomon Islands, in the collection of Herbert Druce. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 5: 24–31. BHL. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1919. Revision der Artengruppe Pithecops auf Grund der Morphologie der Klammerorgane. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 83 (A) (1): 77-84. Reference page. 
• de Nicéville, L., [1893]. On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region. J. Bombay nat. Hist. Soc. 7: 322–357, 3 pls. BHL text plates. Reference page. 
• Pagenstecher, A. F., 1897. In Kükenthal, W. Ergebnisse einer zoologischen Forschungsreise in den Molukken und in Borneo. Lepidopteren. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 23: 353-467, pls 18-20. Reference page. 
• Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550. Reference page. 
• Rothschild, L.W. 1915. On the Lepidoptera in Tring museum sent by Mr. A. S. Meek from the Admiralty Islands, Dampier and Vulcan Islands. Novitates Zoologicae. 22(2): 192–208; 22(3): 387–402. Reference page. 

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