Lycaena epixanthe

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

Lycaena epixanthe Boisduval, 1833.

Type locality: North America.

Typus: Neotype, CNC designated by Ferris, 1977.

Polyommatus epixanthe Boisduval, 1876: 127, Pl.38, Figs 4,5.
Lycaena epixanthe Kirby, 1837: 299, Pl.IV, Fig.1.
Chrysophanus (Epidemia) epixanthe [Kirby]; Draudt, in Seitz, [1924]: 813, Pl.145e.

Boisduval, J.-A. & Le Conte, J.E. 1829–1837. Histoire générale et Iconographie des Lépidoptères et des Chenilles de l'Amérique septentrionale. Parts 1–26. Reference page.
Draudt, M.W.K. 1917–1924. Die amerikanischen Tagfalter. Lycaenidae and Grypocera. In Seitz, Gross-schmetterlinge der Erde 5: 739–999, Pls.1–194. Reference page.
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.

English: Dorcas copper, Cinquefoil copper