Catapaecilma

Hypochrysops elegans from original description.

< Catapaecilma major & Catapaecilma subochrea >, ♂♂, Thailand.

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: Catapaecilmatini
Genus: Catapaecilma
Species (9):
C. elegans – C. evansi – C. gracilis – C. harmani – C. lila – C. major – C. nakamotoi – C. nuydai – C. subochrea

Name

Catapaecilma Butler, 1879.

Type species: Hypochrysops elegans Druce, 1873. Fixation: Monotypy.

Synonymy

• Catapaecilma Butler, 1879: 547; Hemming, 1967ː 99.
• Catapoecilma Scudder, 1882: 363 . Incorrect subsequent spelling.

References

• Butler, A. G., 1879. The Butterflies of Malacca. Trans. linn. Soc. Lond. (2) Zool. 1(8): 533-568, pls 68,69. Reference page. 
• Cassidy, A.C., 1982. An annotated checklist of Brunei butterflies including a new species of the genus Catapaecilma (Lycaenidae). Brunei Museum Journal, 5 (2): 202–272.Reference page. 
• Druce, H. 1873. A list of the Collections of Diurnal Lepidoptera made by Mr. Lowe in Borneo. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1873: 337–361 pls 32,33. Reference page. 
• Eliot, J. N. 1992. With plates by D'Abrera, in Corbet & Pendlebury. The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula 4th Edn. Malayan Nature Society, Kuala Lumpur. 595pp., 69 pls. Reference page. 
• Hemming, A.F., 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1–509. BHL Reference page. 
• Moore, F., 1911–1912. Lepidoptera Indica Vol. 9. Rhopalocera: Lycaenidae, Hesperiidae. 278pp, pls 706-756. Reference page. 
• Scudder, S.H. 1882. An alphabetic list of all Generic names…Supplemental List…Universal Index. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 19: 376pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Seki, Y. & Takanami, Y. and Otsuka, K., 1991. Butterflies of Borneo Vol. 2, No. 1. Lycaenidae. Tobishima Corporation, Tokyo. Reference page. 
• Takanami, Y., 1988a. A new species and a new subspecies of Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) from the Philippines. Kontyû to Shizen (Nature & Insects) 23(4): 38-40, 5 pls. Reference page. 

Links

• BHL bibliography
• Catapaecilma – Taxon details on Encyclopedia of Life (EOL).
• Global Biodiversity Information Facility. 2019. GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset. Taxon: Catapaecilma.
• ION
• Catapaecilma - Nomenclator Zoologicus

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