Hypochrysops elgneri

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 elgneri
Subspecies: H. e. barnardi – H. e. elgneri

Name

Hypochrysops elgneri (Waterhouse & Lyell, 1909)

Type locality: Prince of Wales Island

Lectotype: ♂ AM: "Prince of Wales Is. 24 June 1908, H. Elgner, KL 22605, G.A. Waterhouse collection, Miletus elgneri Whs & Lyl. Type ♂; designated by Sands 1986: 29.

Synonyms

• Miletus elgneri Waterhouse & Lyell, 1909: 114.
• Hypochrysops elgneri elgneri (Waterhouse & Lyell); McCubbin, 1971: 98; Sands, 1986: 28.

References

• McCubbin, C. 1971. Australian Butterflies. 200pp. Nelson, Melbourne. 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. 
• Waterhouse, G.A. & Lyell, G. 1909. New and rare Auistralian butterflies of the genus Miletus. Victorian Naturalist 26: 110–116. BHL Reference page. 

Links

• The Papua Insects Foundation, images.