Hypochrysops dicomas rufinus

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: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Luciini
Genus: Hypochrysops
Species: Hypochrysops dicomas
Subspecies: Hypochrysops dicomas rufinus

Name

Hypochrysops dicomas rufinus Grose-Smith, 1898.

Type locality: West Papua, Roon Is.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH: "Ron J." [= Roon I.?] "vii.97 (W. Deherty), Type, Rufinus Grose-Smith Type ♂, Rothschild bequest BM 1939-1"

Synonymy

• Hypochrysops rufinus Grose-Smith, 1898: (♂) 104; Grose-Smith, 1900: (♀) 88.
• Miletus rufinus (Grose-Smith); Fruhstorfer, 1908: 99.
• Hypochrysops dicomas rufinus Grose-Smith; Sands, 1986: 70.

References

• Fruhstorfer, H., 1908. Neue Lycaeniden. Internationale entomologische Zeitschrift 2(16): 85-86, 91-92, 99-100, 113.Archive. Reference page. 
• Grose-Smith, H., 1898. Descriptions of new Species of Oriental Butterflies. Novit. zool. 5(1): 103-110. BHL. Reference page. 
• Grose-Smith, H., 1900. Descriptionsa of new species of butterflies captured by Mr. A.S. Meek, at Milne Bay, British New Guinea, in the museum of the Hon. Walter Rothschild at Tring. Novitates Zoologicae 7: 86-89. Reference page. 
• Sands, D.P.A. 1986. A Revision of the genus Hypochrysops C. & R. Felder (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Entomonograph 7, 116pp., 3 pls. Reference page. 

Links

• The Papua Insects Foundation, images.