Eumaeus

Eumaeus toxea, ♀, Belize.

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: Eumaeus
Species: E. atala – E. childrenae – E. godartii – E. minyas – E. toxana – E. toxea

Name

Eumaeus Hübner, 1819: 67.

Type species: Rusticus minyas Hübner, 1809: pl. 97.

Synonymy

• Eumenia Godart, 1824, Encyclopédie Méthodique 9 (2): 826, TS: Eumenia toxea Godart, 1824.
• Eumaea Geyer, 1834
• Epula Gistel, 1848 (Repl.name)

References

• Glassberg, J., 2007. A Swift Guide to the Butterflies of Mexico and Central America. Sunstreak Books.
• Hübner, J. 1796–1838 (continued by Geyer, G.) Sammlung europäischer Schmetterlinge. 1 Papiliones: 194 + 8pp, 207 plates, Augsburg. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
• Hübner, J. 1819. Verzeichniß bekannter Schmettlinge 2–11: 17–176. BHL 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. 

Links

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