Magnastigma

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: Theclinae
Tribus: Eumaeini
Genus: Magnastigma
Species: (3)
M. elsa – M. hirsuta – M. julia

Name

Magnastigma Nicolay, 1977.

Type species: Thecla tegula Hewitson, 1868: 4 (=Thecla hirsuta Prittwitz, 1865: 321).

Synonymy

• Magnastigma Nicolay, 1977: 2.
• Manastigma Anonymous, 1980. Zoological Record 114 (1977)(Ins. D-Lep.): 238. Misspelling.

References

• Hewitson, W. C., 1868. Descriptions of some new species of Lycaenidae. London. van Voorst, 36 pp. web purchase Reference page. 
• Nicolay, S., 1977. Studies in the genera of American hairstreaks 4. A new genus of hairstreak from Central and South America (Lycaenidae: Eumaeini). Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 44: 1–24, 20 figs, (10 May). PDF. Reference page. 
• von Prittwitz, O. 1865. Beitrag zur Fauna des Corcovado. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 26(4–6): 123–143; 26(10–12): 307–325. Reference page.