Pythonides lancea

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

Name[edit]

Pythonides lancea Hewitson, 1868.

Type locality: Brazil.

Typus: BMNH

Carystus jovianus Geyer, 1832: 27. Misidentification.
Leucochitonea lancea Hewitson, 1868: 47.
Ate lancea (Hewitson); Draudt, 1924: 889, Pl.173h.
Pythonides lancea (Hewitson); Evans, [1953]: 117; Bridges, 1994: VIII.119, IX.59; Lamas, 2004: 54.

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