Aricia morronensis morronensis

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: Aricia
Species: Aricia morronensis
Subspecies: Aricia morronensis morronensis

Name

Aricia morronensis morronensis (Ribbe, 1910).

Type locality: Sierra Espuña, Murcia province, SE. Spain. Distribution: endemic species Iberian Peninsula (peninsular Spain).

Holotype: tbc.

Synonymy

• Lycaena idas Rambur, [1840]: 266 (invalid homonym of Papilio idas Linnaeus).
• Lycaena morronensis Ribbe, [1910]: 190.
• Aricia morronensis sierramariensis Munguira & Martin, 1988: 346.
• Plebejus (Aricia) morronensis (Ribbe); Bridges, 1994: IX.93.
• Aricia morronensis (Ribbe); Bálint & Johnson, 1997; Talavera et al, 2012: 187.

References

• Bálint, Z. & Johnson, K. 1997. Reformation of the Polyommatus section with a taxonomic and biogeographic overview (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatini). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 40: 1–68. PDF. Reference page. 
• Gil-T., F. (2009): Concerning Aricia morronensis (Ribbe, 1910) in the south and southeast of Spain: new localities, a revision of its sub-specific status, and a proposal of synonymy. Atalanta, 40(1-2): 193–199. Full article (PDF)
• Munguira, M. & Martin, J., 1988. Variabilidad morfologica y biologica de Aricia morronensis (Ribbe), especies endemica de la Peninsula Iberica (Lepdoptera: Lycaenidae). Ecologia (Madrid) 2: 343–358, ill. Reference page. 
• Rambur, J. P. 1837–1840. Faune entomologique de l'Andalousie. Paris, Bertrand. 1 1-144, Pls. 1-20; 2: 1-176, pls 1-16. 5 [1840]: 177-336. Paris: A. Bertrand.Reference page. 
• Ribbe, C., 1909-1912. Beitrage zu einer Lepidopteren-Fauna von Andalusien (Sud-Spanien). Macrolepidopieren. Deutsche cntomologische Zeitung (Iris) 23 (l/2): l-395. 2pls. text, 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. 
• Tshikolovets, V.V., 2011. Butterflies of Europe & the Mediterranean Area Tshikolovets Publications, Pardubice, Czech Republic. 544pp. ISBN 9788090490000. Reference page.