Freyeria minuscula

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Freyeria
Species: Freyeria minuscula

Chilades minuscula from original publication by Aurivillius.

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

Name

Freyeria minuscula (Aurivillius, 1909).

Type locality: Madagascar: “Andranohinaly [Andranohinalahy], Westküste (SW. Madagaskar)”.

Holotype: NRM Stockholm, image.

Synonymy

• Cupido minuscula Aurivillius, 1909: 325, pl.19, fig.5.
• Freyeria minuscula (Aurivillius); Ackery et al., 1995: 672.
• Chilades minuscula (Aurivillius); Bálint & Johnson, 1997: 14.
• Freyeria minuscule (Aurivillius) [sic]; stat. rev. Talavera et al, 2013: 188.

References

• Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.R. & Vane-Wright, R.I. (Editors), 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies: An annotated Catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London, U.K.: i–xi, 1–803. Open Library. Reference page. 
• Aurivillius, P., 1909a. Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera und Heterocera (Pars 1) von Madagaskar, den Comoren und den Inseln Ostafrikas. In: Voeltzkow, A. Reise in Ostafrika in den Jahren 1903-1905 2: 309-348, pl. 19. Stuttgart. Reference page. 
• Bálint, Z. & Johnson, K. 1997. Reformation of the Polyommatus section with a taxonomic and biogeographic overview (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatini). Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 40: 1–68. PDF. Reference page. 
• Hesselbarth, G., van Oorschot, H. & Wagener, S. 1995. Die Tagfalter der Türkei unter Berücksichtigung der angrenzenden Länder. Allgemeiner Teil, spezieller Teil. Band 1. Hesperiidae, Papilionidae, Pieridae, Lycaenidae. Selbstverlag Sigbert Wagener, Hemdener Weg 19, D 46399 Bocholt, Germany: 1–754. Reference page. 
• Lees, D.C., Kremen, C., & Raharitsimba, H. 2003. Lepidoptera: Systematics and diversity. In: Goodman, S.M., & Benstead, J.P. [Eds]. The Natural History of Madagascar. University of Chicago Press, 1709 pp. Chapter pagination: 748–761. Reference page. 
• Talavera, G., Lukhtanov, V.A., Pierce, N.E. & Vila, R., 2013. Establishing criteria for higher-level classification using molecular data: the systematics of Polyommatus blue butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Cladistics 29(2): 166–192. Reference page.