Hypochrysops theon

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 theon
Subspecies: (7)
H. t. alix – H. t. cretatus – H. t. medocus – H. t. milesius – H. t. theon – H. t. theonides – H. t. theophanes

Name

Hypochrysops theon Felder, C. & Felder, R., 1865.

Type locality: Indonesia, Maluku, Halmahera.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH: "Type, Halmaheira Lorquin, Hypochrysops theon, feta, Theon n., Felder coll., Rothschild Bequest B.M. 1939-1, Gen. 1963-581 G.E.T."

Synonymy

• Hypochrysops theon C. & R. Felder, 1865: 252; Druce, 1891: 193, pl. 11, figs 9,10.
• Miletus doleschallii theon (C. & R. Felder); Fruhstorfer, 1908: 85, 99.
• Miletus doleschallii eunice Fruhstorfer, 1915: 146; synonymised by Sands, 1986: 91.
• Hypochrysops theon theon C. & R. Felder; Sands, 1986: 91.

References

• 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. 
• Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1865–75. Lepidoptera. In Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in der Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 under den Befehlen Commadore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band: Abtheilung. Vienna, 549 pp., 140 pls. Text. Plates. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1908. Neue Lycaeniden. Internationale entomologische Zeitschrift 2(16): 85-86, 91-92, 99-100, 113.Archive. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1915. Neue Lycaenidenformen aus dem Rijksmuseum in Leiden. Zoölogische Mededeelingen 1(2): 141-148. BHL. 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.