Hypochrysops scintillans scintillans

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 scintillans
Subspecies: Hypochrysops scintillans scintillans

Name

Hypochrysops scintillans scintillans (Butler, 1882).

Type locality: "New Britain".

Holotype: ♂ BMNH, "New Britain 82-80, Miletus scintillans Butler type".

Synonymy

• Miletus scintillans Butler, 1882: 150.
• Hypochrysops scintillans (Butler); Druce, 1891: 191.
• Hypochrysops pagenstecheri Ribbe, 1899: 223, pl. 4, figs 3, 4. Synonymised in Sands, 1986: 42.
• Miletus scintillans pagenstecheri (Ribbe); Fruhstorfer, 1908: 99.
• Hypochrysops scintillans scintillans (Butler); Sands, 1986: 42

References

• Butler, A. G., 1882. Description of New Species of Lepidoptera chiefly from Duke of York Island and New Britain. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 5(10): 149–160. BHL. Reference page. 
• Druce, H.H. 1891. A monograph of the Lycaenid genus Hypochrysops with descriptions of new species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 39(2): 179–195, pls. 10, 11. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1908. Neue Lycaeniden. Internationale entomologische Zeitschrift 2(16): 85-86, 91-92, 99-100, 113.Archive. Reference page. 
• Ribbe, C., 1899. Beiträge zur Lepidopteran-Fauna des Bismarck- und Salomo-Archipels in Süd-See. Deut. Ent. Zeit., (Iris) 12: 219-260, pl. 4. BHL text, plate. 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.