Freyeria trochylus

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Freyeria
Species: Freyeria trochylus
Subspecies: (4)
F. t. formosanus – F. t. orientalis – F. t. persa – F. t. trochylus

Freyeria trochylus, ♂, Turkey.

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 trochylus (Freyer, [1843])

Type locality: Turkey; “europäischen Türkey”.

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

• Lycaena trochylus Freyer, [1843], 5 (71): 98? (63-74).
• Lycaena trochilus [sic] Freyer; Zeller, 1847: 9;
• Lycaena parva Murray, 1874: 526, pl. 10, fig. 1. Synonymy in Williams, 2008: 154.
• Lycaena gnoma Snellen, 1876: 19:159, pl. 7, fig. 1. Java.
• Plebeius trochilus (Freyer); Butler, 1896: 120.
• Chilades trochylus grisea [var.] Aiger-Abafi, 1906b: 209. Synonymy in Williams, 2008: 154.
• Freyeria trochylus (Freyer, [1843]); Stempffer, 1967: 249; Ackery et al., 1995: 672; Talavera et al., 2013.
• Chilades trochylus (Freyer, [1843]); Hesselbarth et al., 1995: 586; Tshikolovets, 2011: 189.

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. 
• Aigner-Abafi, L. von, 1906b. Neuer Falterformen aus Ungarn. Entomologische Zeitschrift 19(35): 207-210.
• Butler, A. G., 1896. On a collection of butterflies obtained by Mr. Richard Crawshay in Nyasa-land between the months of January and April 1895. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6)17: 108–136, pl. 6. BHL text, plate. Reference page. 
• Freyer, C.F. 1831–1858. Neuere Beiträge zur Schmetterlingskunde mit Abbildungen nach der Natur. Augsburg, Reiger. 4to 7 volumes, 120 parts, 700 col. pls. 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. 
• Murray, Rev.R.P., 1874. Descriptions of some new species belonging to the genus Lycaena. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond 22(4): 523-529, pl.10. BHL plate Reference page. 
• Snellen, P. C. T., 1876. Lepidoptera van Batavia; Beschrijving der nieuwe soorten. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 19: 159-167, pl. 7. Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. BHL 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. 
• Tshikolovets, V.V., 2011. Butterflies of Europe & the Mediterranean Area Tshikolovets Publications, Pardubice, Czech Republic. 544pp. ISBN 9788090490000. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page. 
• Zeller, P.C. 1847. Verzeichniss der vom Prof. Dr. Loew in der Turkey und in Asien gesammelten Lepidopteren. Isis von Oken 1847(1): 3–39. BHL. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Grass Jewel
தமிழ்: சிறிய நீலன்

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