Lycaena dorcas

Lycaena dorcas

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: Lycaeninae
Genus: Lycaena
Subgenus: Lycaena (Epidemia)
Species: Lycaena dorcas

Name

Lycaena dorcas Kirby, 1837.

Type locality: North America.

Typus: Neotype, CNC designated by Ferris, 1977.

Synonymy

• Lycaena dorcas Kirby, 1837: 299, Pl.IV, Fig.1.

References

• Ferris, C.D. 1977. Taxonomic revision of the species dorcas Kirby and helloides Boisduval in the Genus Epidemia Scudder (Lycaenidae: Lycaeninae). Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 45: 1-42, 88 f. Reference page. 
• Kirby, W. F., 1837. In Richardson, J., Fauna Boreali-Americana or the zoology of the northern parts of British America., Part 4, Insects. pp. 286-300, 2 pls. Norwich. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

English: Dorcas copper, Cinquefoil copper