Hypolycaena kina

Hypolycaena kina kina ♂ Nepal, Alan Cassidy photo.

Taxonavigation

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: Hypolycaenini
Genus: Hypolycaena
Species: Hypolycaena kina
Sub-Species: H. k. celastroides – H. k. inari – H. k. kina

Name

Hypolycaena kina Hewitson, [1869]

Type locality: E. Pakistan, Sylhet.

Holotype: BMNH

Synonyms

• Hypolycaena cachara Moore, [1884]: 527, pl. 49, fig. 6. Assam, Cachar Hills.
• Chliaria kina Hewitson; Eliot, 1992: 425.

References

• Eliot, J. N., 1992. In Corbet & Pendlebury, The Butterflies of the Malay Peninsula. 4th Edn. Kuala Lumpur.
• Hewitson, W. C., 1863-1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp. Part 4
• Moore, F., [1884]. Descriptions of new Asiatic diurnal Lepidoptera. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. 1883(4): 521–535, 2 pls.
• Yutaka, I. web image]