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

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