Telicota melanion

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: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Taractrocerini
Genus: Telicota
Species: Telicota melanion
Subspecies: T. m. godiva – T. m. melanion

Name

Telicota melanion Mabille, 1878.

Type Locality: "Oceania".

Holotype: ♀, BMNH.

Synonymy

• Pamphila melanion Mabille, 1878: 261.
• (Telicota) suffusus Mabille, 1904. "Australia", type BMNH. Synonymy in Evans, 1949: 406.
• (Telicota) dhamika Fruhstorfer, 1911, Waigeo, type BMNH. Synonymy in Evans, 1949: 406.
• Telicota melanion melanion Evans, 1949: 406; Parsons, 1998: 191, pl.10 figs 350-359, Pl.XXV.

References

• Evans, W.H. 1949. A catalogue of the Hesperiidae from Europe, Asia and Australia in the British Museum (Natural History). xix+502pp., 53 pls. BMNH, London. Reference page. 
• Mabille, P., 1878. Descriptions de Lépidoptères nouveaux de la famille des Hespérides. Petites nouvelles entomologiques, Vol.2, Nos.198-210: 114, 161, 165, 197, 201, 205, 229, 233, 237, 242, 261, 285. Reference page. 
• Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550. Reference page.