Agriades optilete

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: Agriades
Species: Agriades optilete

Name

Agriades optilete (Knoch, 1781).

Type locality: Europe.

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

• Papilio Plebejus Ruralis Optilete Knoch, 1781: 76, pl. 5, figs 5, 6.
• Vacciniina optilete (Knoch); Tutt, 1909: 154.
• Plebejus (Vacciniina) optilete (Knoch); Bridges, 1994: VIII.341.
• Agriades optilete (Knoch); Talavera et al, 2012: 187.

References

• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Knoch, A. W., 1781-1783. Beiträge zur Insektengeschichte. Leipzig, Schwickert, 8vo 3 Volumes. 1(1781): 10+9+3 pp, 6 plates; 2(1782): 8+102+2 pp, 7 plates; 3(1783): 2+138+2 pp, 6 plates. Reference page. 
• Talavera, G., Lukhtanov, V.A., Pierce, N.E. & Vila, R., 2013. Establishing criteria for higher-level classification using molecular data: the systematics of Polyommatus blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Cladistics 29(2): 166–192. Reference page. 
• Tutt, J.W. 1908–1909. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera Vol 10, Butterflies (3): 410pp, 53 pls. London, Swan Sonnenschein & Co. BHL Reference page. 

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