Denivia deniva

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: Denivia deniva

Denivia deniva (Hewitson, 1874).

Type locality: Brazil.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH #530, images.

Thecla deniva Hewitson, 1874: 180, pl.71, figs 535,536.
Denivia deniva (Hewitson); Johnson, 1992: 203; Bridges, 1994: VIII.136; Balint & Moser, 2007: 147.
Denivia maggae Johnson, 1992: 204. Argentina, Santiago del Estero, ♀, MNHN, images. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 120.
Denivia ponsanota Balint, Johnson & Kroenlein, 1998. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 120.
Denivia striata Balint, Johnson & Kroenlein, 1998. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 120.
Theritas deniva (Hewitson); Lamas, 2004: 120.

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.
Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL 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.