Brephidium exilis

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Brephidium
Species: Brephidium exilis
Subspecies: B. e. exilis –B. e. isophthalma

Brephidium exilis exilis, ♂, Arizona.

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

Name

Brephidium exilis (Boisduval, 1852).

Type locality: California .

Typus: BoA images.

Synonymy

• Lycaena exilis Boisduval, 1852: 294; Godman & Salvin, [1887]: 109, pl. 58, figs 30-32 [1901].
• Lycaena fea Edwards, 1871: 211. Texas.
• Brephidium exilis ab. coolidgei Gunder, 1925: 2, pl. 1, fig. L.
• Brephidium exilis yucateca Clench, 1970: 4, fig. 1.
• Brephidium exilis exilis (Boisduval); Lamas, 2004: 138 (98-1081).

References

• D'Abrera, B. 1986. Butterflies of the Oriental Region, Part III Lycaenidae & Riodinidae: pp. 536–672. Hill House, Melbourne. Reference page. 
• Boisduval, J.-A. 1852. Lepidoptères de la Californie. Annales de la Société entomologique de France 10(2): 275–324. BHL. Reference page. 
• Clench, H. K., 1970. A new subspecies of Brephidium exilis from Yucatan (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). J. Lep. Soc. 24(1): 3–6, 1 fig. PDF Reference page. 
• Edwards, W.H., 1871. Descriptions of New Species of Diurnal Lepidoptera found within the United States. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 3(3/4): 205-216. Reference page. 
• Godman, F.D. & Salvin, O. 1879-1901. Biologia Centrali-Americana (Lepidoptera; Rhopalocera), 3 vols. London, Taylor & Francis. Vol. I, Vol. II, Vol III (plates). Reference page. 
• Gunder, J. D., 1925. Several new varieties of and aberrant Lepidoptera (Rhopalocera) from California. Ent. News 36(1): 1–9, pl. 1. Archive. Reference page. 
• Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page. 

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