Melanolycaena altimontana

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: Melanolycaena
Species: Melanolycaena altimontana
Subspecies: M. a. altimontana – M. a. microgyris

Name

Melanolycaena altimontana Sibatani, 1974.

Type locality; New Guinea, Western Highlands, Mt. Hagen Range, Murmur Pass, 8700 ft.

Holotype: ANIC. male ♂. Type reg. no. 2021. 10.-20.XII.1961. W.W. Brandt.

References

• Sibatani, A. 1974: A new genus for two new species of Lycaeninae (S. STR.) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from Papua New Guinea. Australian Journal of Entomology 13 (2): 95–110. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1974.tb02161.x . Reference page.