Contrafacia

Taxonavigation edit

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: Contrafacia
Species: C. ahola – C. bassania – C. francis – C. imma – C. marmoris – C. muattina

Name edit

Contrafacia Johnson, 1989: 39.

Type Species: Contrafacia mexicana Johnson, 1989 [=C. imma (Prittwitz, 1865)].

Synonymy edit

  • Orcya Johnson, 1990: 53, TS: Thecla orcynia Hewitson, 1868 [=C. imma (Prittwitz, 1865)]. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 123.

References edit

  • Johnson, K., 1989. A revisionary study of the Neotropical hairstreak butterfly genus Noreena and its new sister genus Contrafacia (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Journal of the New York entomological Society 97(1): 11–46, 10 figs, 3 tabs. (29 March). BHL. Reference page
  • Johnson, K., 1990. The new hairstreak genus Orcya, a revision of the Neotropical "Thecla" orcynia assemblage (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Journal of the New York entomological Society 98(1): 50–87, 12 figs., 1 tab. (11 April). BHL. 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