Eirmocides helenita

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: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Candalidini
Genus: Eirmocides
Species: Eirmocides helenita

Name

Eirmocides helenita Semper, 1879.

Type locality: Cape York, Australia.

Typus: HT BMNH

Synonymy

• Holochila helenita Semper, 1879: 162.
• Candalides helenita [Semper]; Grünberg, in Seitz, [1927]: 850.
• Candalides helenita helenita [Semper]; Bridges, 1994: VIII.203, IX.21; Lepindex.
• Eirmocides helenita [Semper]; Braby,Muller & Espeland, 2023.

References

• Braby, Müller & Espeland, 2023. Four species in one: taxonomic revision of the Eirmocides helenita (Semper, 1879) complex (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from Australia and New Guinea. online Reference page. 
• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Semper, G. 1879. Beitrag zur Rhopaloceranfauna von Australien. Journal des Museum Godeffroy 5: 138–194, 2 pls. Text, plates. Reference page.