Ionolyce brunnescens brunnescens

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: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Ionolyce
Species: Ionolyce brunnescens
Subspecies: Ionolyce brunnescens brunnescens

Name

Ionolyce brunnescens brunnescens Tite, 1963.

Type locality: Solomon Is., Isabel Is.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH "Isabel Is., vi-vii.1901, B.M. Type No. Rh. 16600; Allotype: ♀ BMNH, "Guizo Is., xi. 1903, B.M. Type No. Rh. 16601. Both (A. S. Meek).

Synonymy

Ionolyce brunnescens Tite, 1963: 101, pl. 2 figs 1-4, text figs 69, 71 and 72; Hirowatari, 1992: 34, pl. II 8a-b, fig. 33, C-D; Parsons, 1998: 440.
Ionolyce brunnescens brunnescens Tite; Tennent, 2002: 96, pl. 47, figs 29-32.

References

Hirowatari, T. 1992. A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae). Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture (B) 44 (Suppl.) PDF. Reference page.
Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550. Reference page.
Tennent, W.J., 2002. Butterflies of the Solomon Islands: Systematics and Biogreography. 413 pp., 90 pls. Storm Entomological Publishing, Dereham, Norfolk, England. Reference page.
Tite, G. E., 1963. A synonymic list of the genus Nacaduba and allied genera (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent) 13(4): 67-116, 91 figs, 2.pls.Reference page.