Lycaena mariposa iridescens

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 mariposa
Subspecies: Lycaena mariposa iridescens

Name

Lycaena mariposa iridescens Pyle & Hammond, 2018

Type locality: British Columbia, Vancouver Island, Mt. Cokely, Ski Hill Road.

Holotype: OSAC. male ♂. 3.VIII.1975. legit J. & S. Shepard. bar code number OSAC_0000919016.

References

Primary references

• Pyle, R.M. & Hammond, P.C. 2018. A Review of the Mariposa Copper (Lycaena (Epidemia) Mariposa, Lycaenidae) with Description of Nine New Subspecies and a Model for their Biogeographical Origins. Journal of the Lepidopterists’ Society 72(1): 1–26. Reference page. .