Cyanophrys acaste

Thecla lycimna, ♂, from Hewitson, [1877].

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: Cyanophrys
Species: Cyanophrys acaste

Name

Cyanophrys acaste (Prittwitz, 1865)

Type locality: Brazil, RJ.

Holotype: images.

Synonymy

• Thecla acaste Prittwitz, 1865: 318.
• Thecla lycimna Hewitson, 1868: 33; [1877]: pl.80, figs 663,664,665.
• Thecla acastoides Berg, 1882: 169.
• Thecla legionis Clench, 1944: 240.
• Thecla portoena Clench, 1944: 242.
• Thecla acaste catharinensis Clench, 1944: 242.
• Thecla acaste abnormis [form] Clench, 1946: 189.
• Cyanophrys innocuus K. Johnson & Le Crom, 1997.
• Cyanophrys immaculus K. Johnson & Le Crom, 1997.
• Cyanophrys mykros Bálint & Johnson, [1998]
• Cyanophrys octonarius Bálint & Johnson, [1998]
• Cyanophrys acaste (Prittwitz); Lamas, 2004: 125.

References

• Bálint, Z. & Johnson, K. 1998. New species of Cyanophrys sensu lato from the Andean region of Argentina (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis Hungarici 89: 141–150, 18 figs. ([after 9 February]). Reference page. 
• Berg, F.G.C., 1882. Farrago lepidopterologica. Contribuciones al estudio de la fauna argentina y países limítrofes. Anales de la Sociedad científica argentina 13(4): 164–183 (April). BHL. Reference page. 
• Clench, H.K., 1944. Notes on lycaenid butterflies. Bulletin of the Museum of comparative Zoology 94(6): 217–245 (July). BHL. Reference page. 
• Clench, H.K., 1946. Notes on the amyntor group of the genus Thecla (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). The Entomologist 79(998): 152–157 (12 July), (999): 185–191 (23 August). Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W. C., 1868. Descriptions of some new species of Lycaenidae. London. van Voorst, 36 pp. web purchase Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Johnson, K. & Le Crom, 1997. The "brown-frons" complex of Cyanophrys sensu lato and new sister species from Colombia and Brazil. Revista de Theclinae colombianos 1(2): [ii] + 1-21, pl. 3a, 6 figs. (15 August). Reference page. 
• von Prittwitz, O. 1865. Beitrag zur Fauna des Corcovado. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 26(4–6): 123–143; 26(10–12): 307–325. Reference page. 

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