Hypochrysops polycletus brunnea

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 polycletus
Subspecies: Hypochrysops polycletus brunnea

Name

Hypochrysops polycletus brunnea Druce, 1902.

Type locality: Papua New Guinea, Fergusson Is.

Lectotype: ♀ BMNH: "Fergusson Is. xii 94 (A. S. Meek), var. brunnea H. H. Druce Type ♀, ex-coll Hamilton Druce, Type H.T., Joicey Bequest Brit. Mus. 1934-120"; designated by Dands, 1986: 78.

Synonymy

• Hypochrysops rex var. brunnea Druce, 1902: 113.
• Hypochrysops polycletus brunnea Druce; D'Abrera, 1977: 331.
• Hypochrysops polycletus brunneus [sic] Druce; Sands, 1986: 78; Parsons, 1998: 357, pl. 49, figs 1247, 1248.

References

• D'Abrera, B. 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne. Reference page. 
• Druce, H.H. 1902. On some new and little-known butterflies of the family Lycaenidae from the African, Australian and Oriental Regions. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1902(2): 112–121, pls. 11,12. text, plates. Reference page. 
• Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550. 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.