Brephidium exilis

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

Name

Brephidium exilis (Boisduval, 1852).

Type locality: California .

Lycaena exilis Boisduval, 1852: 294; Godman & Salvin, [1887]: 109, pl. 58, figs 30-32 [1901].
Lycaena fea Edwards, 1871: 211. Texas.
Brephidium exilis ab. coolidgei Gunder, 1925: 2, pl. 1, fig. L.
Brephidium exilis yucateca Clench, 1970: 4, fig. 1.
Brephidium exilis exilis (Boisduval); Lamas, 2004: 138 (98-1081).

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