Hypochrysops apelles praeclarus

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

Hypochrysops apelles praeclarus (Fruhstorfer, 1908).

Type locality: "Dutch New Guinea"

Holotype: not located, see Sands, 1986: 68.

Miletus apelles praeclarus Fruhstorfer, 1908: 91.
Hypochrysops apelles (Fabricius); Druce, 1891: 187 (Specimen from Dorey); Grose-Smith, 1894: 546; van Eecke, 1915: 76.
Miletus apelles (Fabricius); Röber, 1915: 49.
Miletus apelles major Rothschild, 1915: 34; synonymised by Sands, 1986: 68. HT ♂ BMNH "Utakwa R., Dutch N. Guin."
Hypochrysops apelles singkepe D'Abrera, 1977: 334; synonymised by Sands, 1986: 68. HT ♂ BMNH "Mt. Herzog, New Guinea, 1200ft".

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van Eecke, R., 1915. Studies on Indo-Australian Lepidoptera II. The Lepidoptera collected by the third New Guinea expedition. Nova Guinea, Zoologie 13: 55-79, 3 pls. text, plates. Reference page.
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Grose-Smith, H., 1894. An account of a collection of diurnal Lepidoptera made by Mr. Doherty at Humboldt Bay, Dutch New Guinea... Novitates zoologicae. 1: Pt. 1: 331–365; Pt. 2: 543–551; Pt. 3: 571–583. 1; 2; 3. Reference page.
Röber, J., 1915. Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera. Résultats de l'expedition scientifique Néerlandaise à la Nouvelle Guinée. Nova Guinea 13: 43-50. Reference page.
Rothschild, L.W. 1916. Lepidoptera of the British Ornithologists' Union and Wollaston Expeditions in the Snow Mountains, Southern Dutch New Guinea (Macrolepidoptera). 182 pp., 2 pls. Zoological Museum, Tring. Text, plates. Reference page.