Arcas splendor

Thecla splendor, ♀, from original description.

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: Arcas splendor

Name

Arcas splendor (Druce, 1907)

Type locality: Colombia, Bogotá.

Holotype: ♀ OUMNH, images.

Synonymy

• Thecla splendor Druce, 1907: 570, pl.31, fig.4
• Thecla (Theritas) tuneta splendor Druce, 1907 by Draudt, 1919: 746.
• Arcas splendor Druce, 1907 by Nicolay, 1971: 105.
• Arcas nicolayi Salazar & Constantino, 1995 (synonymized by Bálint, 2006: 153).
• Arcas lecromi Salazar & Constantino, 1995 (synonymized by Bálint, 2006: 153).

References

• 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. PDF. Reference page. 
• Druce, H.H. 1907. On Neotropical Lycaenidae with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the zoological Society of London 1907(3): 566–632, pls 31–36. Reference page.