Denivia

Thecla deniva, ♀, 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: Denivia
Species: D. chaluma – D. curitabaensis – D. deniva – D. espiritosanto – D. gispa – D. laudonia – D. phegeus

Name

Denivia K. Johnson, 1992: 203.

Type species: Thecla deniva Hewitson, 1874: 180, pl.71, figs 535,536, by original designation.

Synonymy

• =Theritas Hübner, 1818, in Lamas, 2004: 119. [Stat. Rev. in Bálint & Moser, 2007].

References

• Balint, Zs., Johnson, K., Kroenlein, 1997. New Species of Eumaeini (Lycaenidae) from South-Eastern Brazil I. Four New Species of Denivia. Acta Zoologica Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae 43(3), pp. 257-269 (PDF). Reference page. 
• Bálint, Zs. & A. Moser, 2007. Description of a Denivia species from south and southeast Brazil with notes on the genus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini). Folia Entomologica Hungarica 68: 147–156. Abstract. 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. 1992. Genera and species of the Neotropical 'elfin'-like hairstreak butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. Theclinae). Rep. Mus. Nat. Hist. Univ. Wis. (Stevens Point) 22(2): 136–279. ill. PDF. 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.