Lyropteryx lyra

Familia: Riodinidae
Subfamilia: Riodininae
Tribus: Riodinini
Genus: Lyropteryx
Species: Lyropteryx lyra
Subspecies: (2) per Lamas, 2004.
L. l. cleadas – L. l. lyra

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

Lyropteryx lyra Saunders, 1859.

Type locality: Colombia, Bogota.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH, images.

Lyropteryx lyra Saunders, 1859: 109.
Lyropteryx olivia Butler, 1870: 364; [1874]: 39, HT ♀ BMNH, images. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 148.
Lyropterix olivia [sic] Butler, [1874]: pl.14 fig.2. Mis-spelling of Genus name.
Lyropteryx lyra olivia Butler; Stichel, 1910: 93.
Lyropteryx lyra lyra Saunders; Stichel, 1910: 93; Lamas, 2004: 148.

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Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page.
Saunders, W.W. [1859]. On the Genus Erycina Linn. with Descriptions of some New Species. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London (2)5(9): 94-110, pl. 10,11. BHL text, plates. Reference page.
Stichel, H. 1909-1910. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der Riodinidae Grote (Erycinidae Swains). (Lep. Rhop.) I-III. Berliner Entomologischer Zeitschrift [1909] 53(3/4): 254-275; 54(1/2): 1-48; [1910] 55(1/2): 9–103. BHL1, BHL2, BHL3. Reference page.
Stichel, H. 1910–1911. Lepidoptera, Rhopalocera, Riodinidae in Wytsman, P. 1866–1925. Genera Insectorum. Fasc. 112: 1–452, 27 pls. BHL: text, plates.Reference page.