Megathecla gigantea

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

Megathecla gigantea (Hewitson, [1867]).

Type locality: Brazil, Para.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH, #586, images.

Thecla gigantea Hewitson, [1867]: 83, 32, figs 43,44; Bridges, 1994: VIII.192.
Gulliveria gigantea (Hewitson); D'Abrera & Balint, 2001.
Megathecla gigantea (Hewitson); Robbins, 2002: 820.

D'Abrera & Bálint, 2001. The Concise Atlas of Butterflies of the World. Melbourne, Hill House Publications. 353 pp., 150 pls., figs. Reference page.
Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page.
Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page.
Robbins, R.K., 2002: Replacement names in the Eumaeini (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae). Proceedings of the entomological Society of Washington 104 (3): 820-821. BHL Reference page.