Prometheus polymorpha

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Cossoidea

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 Superfamilia: Cossoidea

Familia: Castniidae
Subfamilia: Castniinae
Tribus: Gazerini
Genus: Prometheus
Species: Prometheus polymorpha

Name

Prometheus polymorpha (Miller, 2008)

• Type locality: Colombia, Boyaca/Otanche, 700-1000 m.
• Holotype: MGC. male ♂. VI.2008.

Synonymy

• Zegara polymorpha Miller, 2008 [org. comb.]
  • Prometheus polymorpha (Miller) — Moraes & Duarte, 2014: 393 [comb. nov.]

References

• Miller, J.Y., 2008: Studies in the Castniidae. V. Description of a new species of Zegara. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 160: 1–13.
• Souza Moraes, S. de & Duarte, M. 2014. Phylogeny of Neotropical Castniinae (Lepidoptera: Cossoidea: Castniidae): testing the hypothesis of the mimics as a monophyletic group and implications for the arrangement of the genera. Zoological journal of the Linnean Society 170(2): 362–399. DOI: 10.1111/zoj.12102 Reference page.  [comb. nov.]