Thecla melba, ♀, from original description.

Taxonavigation edit

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: Erora
Species: Erora melba

Name edit

Erora melba (Hewitson, [1874]).

Type locality: Brazil, Minas Gerais.

Holotype: ♀ BMNH, #944, Joicey collection. images.

Synonymy edit

  • Thecla lorina Hewitson, [1874]: 202, pl.80, figs 657,658; Bridges, 1994: VIII.293.
  • Thecla peculiaris Lathy, 1930: 136, pl.9, fig.14. ♂, Brazil, Petropolis, MNHN Monteiro Collection. images. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004.
  • Erora lorina (Hewitson); Lamas, 2004: 137.

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