Brevianta busa

Brevianta busa ♂ 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: Brevianta
Species: Brevianta busa

Name

Brevianta busa (Godman & Salvin, 1887).

Type locality: Nicaragua, Chontales.

Lectotype: BMNH. male ♂. (designated by Johnson, Kruse & Kroenlein, 1997:17) images.

Synonymy

• Thecla busa Godman & Salvin, 1887: 26, pl. 51, figs 1,2.
• Brevianta busa (Godman & Salvin); Lamas, 2004: 120.

References

• Bálint, Z. & Wojtusiak, J. 2011. Contribution to the knowledge of Neotropical Lycaenidae: Brevianta bathoryon sp. n. from the Western Cordilleras of the Andes with notes on the genus (Lepidoptera: Eumaeini). Genus 22 (2): 205–215. PDF. 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. 
• 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.