Arcas

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: Theclinae
Tribus: Eumaeini
Genus: Arcas
Species: A. alleluia – A. arcadia – A. cypria – A. delphia – A. ducalis – A. gozmanyi – A. imperialis – A. jivaro – A. lecromi – A. marginata – A. nicolayi – A. splendor – A. tuneta

Name

Arcas Swainson, 1832

Type species: Papilio imperialis Cramer, 1775 by monotypy.

References

• Austin, G.T. & Johnson, K., 1995: Theclinae of Rondonia, Brazil: Arcas, with Descriptions of Three New Species. Tropical Lepidoptera, 6 (1): 31–39. Full article: [1]
• Bálint, Zs., 2002. Miscellaneous notes on Arcas Swainson, 1832 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae, Eumaeini). Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici 94: 141–161. PDF. Reference page. 
• Bálint, Zs., 2006: Arcas Swainson, 1832 is revisited: review of some species-group names, identification of the sister group and a key for species (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae: Eumaeini). Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici 98: 147–158. Full article: [2].
• Nicolay, S.S., 1971: A review of the genus Arcas with descriptions of new species (Lycaenidae, Strymonini). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 25 (2): 87–108. Full article: [3].