Itylos titicaca

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Itylos
Species: Itylos titicaca

Itylos titicaca, ♀, as Lycaena titicaca Weymer, 1890, from original description.

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

Itylos titicaca Weymer, 1890.

Type locality: Bolivia, Lake Titicaca & Sajama, 3,600-4,000m.

Lectotype: ♀ ZMHU. Designated by Bálint & Johnson, 1994.

Synonymy

• Lycaena titicaca Weymer, 1890: 122, pl. 4, fig. 6.
• Cupido speciosa Staudinger, 1894: 77, pl. 2, fig. 8. Lectotype ZMHU designated by Bálint, 1993. Bolivia, Malaga.
• Itylos titicaca (Weymer); Lamas, 2004: 139.

References

• Bálint, Z., 1993a. A Catalogue of Polyommatine Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the Xeromontane Oreal Biome in the Neotropics as Represented in European Collections. Reports of the Museum of Natural History, University of Wisconsin. (Stevens Point) 29: 1–42. 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. 
• Staudinger, O., 1894. Hochandine Lepidopteren Deut. ent. Zeit. [Iris] 7: 43-100, 2 pls. text, plates. Reference page. 
• Weymer, G., 1890. In Alphonse Stübel: Lepidopteren gesammelt auf einer reise durch Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Brasilien, Argentinien und Bolivien vonAsher & Co., Berlin. xi+182pp., 9 plates. BHL Reference page.