Modestia modesta

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: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Satyrinae
Tribus: Satyrini
Subtribus: Euptychiina
Genus: Modestia (Viloria & Benmesbah)
Species: Modestia modesta

Name

Modestia modesta (Butler, 1867)

Type locality: Brazil, Pará.

Lectotype: BMNH. male ♂. B.M. TYPE N°. Rh 3222. BMNH(E) #986581. (lectotype Euptychia modesta designated by Benmesbah, Viloria & Murienne, 2020: 24)

Synonyms

• Euptychia modesta Butler, 1867: 473 (original combination)
• Modestia modesta (Butler): Benmesbah, Viloria & Murienne, 2020: 14

References

Primary references

• Butler, A.G. 1867d. A monograph of the genus Euptychia, a numerous race of butterflies belonging to the family Satyridae; with descriptions of sixty species new to science, and notes to their affinities, etc. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1866(3): 458–504. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Benmesbah, M., Viloria Petit, Á.L. & Murienne, J. 2020. Taxonomic notes on Euptychia modesta Butler, 1867, Neonympha alcinoe C. Felder & R. Felder, 1867 and Euptychia pamela Hayward, 1957 (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae), with descriptions of three new genera, five new species and two new subspecies from Central and South America. Anartia 31: 7-62. Reference page.