Ypthima arctoa

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Satyrinae
Tribus: Satyrini
Subtribus: Ypthimina
Genus: Ypthima
Species: Ypthima arctoa
Subspecies: Y. a. arctoa – Y. a. subarctua

Name

Ypthima arctoa (Fabricius, 1775)

Synonyms

• Papilio arctous Fabricius, 1775: 489
• Ypthima arctoides Hewitson, 1865
• Xois arctoa (Fabricius, 1775) Common and Waterhouse 1981: .
• Ypthima arctoa (Fabricius, 1775); Orr and Kitching 2010; Orr & Fliedner, 2011 (stated epithet as gender variable adjective)
• Ypthima arctous (Fabricius, 1775); Braby 2010; Braby 2011: 67 (stated epithet as gender invariable noun, says "this interpretation is questionable because the name is used to describe a place" [p.67], however Fabricius's species in this section instead derive from mythology, e.g. several bear-related characters from "Ἄρκτον" enwiki)

Primary references

• Braby, M.F. 2010. The merging of taxonomy and conservation biology: a synthesis of Australian butterfly systematics (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea) for the 21st century. Zootaxa 2707: 1–76. Preview. RESEARCHGATE Reference page. 
• Braby, M.F. 2011. Revised checklist of Australian butterflies (Lepidoptera: Hesperioidea and Papilionoidea): addendum and errata. Zootaxa 3128: 67–68. Preview. RESEARCHGATE Reference page. 
• Orr, A.G. & Fliedner, H., 2011. Notes on the correct spelling of species-group names of Australian butterflies (Lepidoptera). The Australian Entomologist 38(3): 101–108. BHL RESEARCHGATE Reference page.