Theclinesthes onycha onycha

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: Theclinesthes
Species: Theclinesthes onycha
Subspecies: Theclinesthes onycha onycha

Name

Theclinesthes onycha onycha (Hewitson, 1865)

Type locality: Australia, probably near Sydney

Lectotype: ♀ BMNH, designated by Sibatani & Grund, 1978: 5.

Synonyms

• Utica onycha Hewitson, 1865: 56, pl. 24, figs. 11, 12.
• Lycaena onycha (Hewitson); Kirby, 1879: 174 (part).
• Utica onycha Hewitson; Druce, 1902: 116 (part); Waterhouse, 1903: 240–241 (part).
• [Theclinesthes miskini Lucas; Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914: 110 (part), pl. 16, figs. 328-330. Misidentification.]
• [Theclinesthes onycha atrosuffusa Waterhouse; Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914: 110, pl. 16, fig. 331 ♀w (nec ♀w). Misidentification.]
• Nacaduba onycha onycha Hewitson; Fruhstorfer, 1916: 125 (part).
• Nacaduba onycha [onucha] Hewitson; Seitz, 1923: 918, pl. 152i (part).
• [Theclinesthes miskini Lucas; Waterhouse, 1932: 174 (part), pl. 23, figs. 16, 16A. Misidentification.]
• [Theclinesthes onycha atrosuffusa Waterhouse; Waterhouse, 1932: 175, ♀w (nec ♀w). Misidentification.]
• [Theclinesthes miskini (Lucas); Common, 1964: 114 (part); McCubbin, 1971: 90 (part), fig. 16. Misidentification.]
• [Theclinesthes miskini Lucas; D'Abrera, 1971: 359 (part). Misidentification.]
• [Theclinesthes miskini (Lucas); Common & Waterhouse, 1972: 396–397 (part), pl. 39, figs. 16, 16A. Misidentification.]

References

• D'Abrera, B., 1971. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 1. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne.Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1916. Revision der gattung Nacaduba auf Grund der Morphologie der Generationsorgane. Zoologische Mededelingen 2: 103-137. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Kirby, W. F., 1879. Catalogue of the Collection of Diurnal Lepidoptera Forms by William Chapman Hewitson. John Van Voorst, London. BHL. Reference page. 
• Lucas, T.P. 1889. Six new species of Rhopalocera. Proceedings of the Royal Society of Queensland 6(4): 155-161, Pl.1. Reference page. 
• McCubbin, C. 1971. Australian Butterflies. 200pp. Nelson, Melbourne. Reference page. 
• Sibatani, A and Grund, R. B., 1978. A revision of the Theclinesthes onycha Complex (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Tyô to Ga, 29(1): 1–34.
• Waterhouse, G. A., 1903. Notes on Australian Rhopalocera: Lycaenidae, iii. Proc. Linn. Soc. N.S.W. 28(1): 132–275, pls. i - iii.
• Waterhouse, G. A. and Lyell, G., 1914. The Butterflies of Australia, 238 pp., 888 figs. Sydney.

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