Hypochrysops pythias drucei

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Luciini
Genus: Hypochrysops
Species: Hypochrysops pythias
Subspecies: Hypochrysops pythias drucei

Hypochrysops pythias drucei, ♂, New Guinea, from original description.

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 pythias drucei Oberthür, 1894.

Type locality: New Guinea, Geelvink Bay.

Lectotype: ♂ BMNH: "Nouv. Guinee Baie de Geelwink Wandesi W. Doherty 1892, Drucei"; designated by Sands, 1986: 76.

Synonymy

• Hypochrysops drucei Oberthür, 1894: 9, pl. 6, fig. 47.
• Miletus pythas drucei (Oberthür); Fruhstorfer, 1908: 99.
• Hypochrysops pythias drucei Oberthür; Sands, 1986: 76.

References

• Fruhstorfer, H., 1908. Neue Lycaeniden. Internationale entomologische Zeitschrift 2(16): 85-86, 91-92, 99-100, 113.Archive. Reference page. 
• Oberthür, C., 1894. Faunes Entomologiques: descriptions d'insectes nouveaux ou peu connus. Études d'Entomologie 19: x + 41pp., 8 pls. BHL text, plates. 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.