Micandra

*Pseudolycaena platyptera*, ♂, from original description.

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: Micandra
Species: M. aegides – M. comae – M. cyda – M. dignota – M. extrema – M. ion – M. platyptera – M. stephanieae – M. sylvana – M. tongida

Name

Micandra Schatz, 1888: 288.

Type species: Pseudolycaena platyptera C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865: 246, pl.28, figs 6,7.

Synonyms

Egides Salazar, 1995, (nom. nud.). Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 120.
Egides K. Johnson, Kruse & Kroenlein, 1997. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 120.

References

Clench, H. K., 1971. Two new hairstreaks from Mexico (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bull. Allyn Museum 3: 1–6. Full article: [1] Reference page.
Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1865–75. Lepidoptera. In Reise der Österreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in der Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 under den Befehlen Commadore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band: Abtheilung. Vienna, 549 pp., 140 pls. Text. Plates. Reference page.
Johnson, Kruse & Kroenlein, 1997. The Macusiina, a new infratribe of the Eumaeini with description of the new genera (Lycaenidae). Revista de Theclinae colombianos 2(13): 1–39. Reference page.
Prieto, C. 2011. The genus Micandra Staudinger (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) in Colombia, with the description of a new species from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Zootaxa 3040: 55–68. Full Article. Reference page.
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.
Salazar, J.A., 1995. Lista preliminar de las mariposas diurnas Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera que habitan en el departamento del Putumayo. Notas sobre la distribución en la zona andina. Colombia amazónica 8(1): 11-69, 14 figs., 2 maps. Reference page.
Schatz, E. 1888. In Staudinger, O. & Schatz, E., 1884–1888. Exotische Schmetterlinge 1. Exotische Tagfalter (1) Beschreibungen. [6], 333 pp. (2) Abbildungen. [4] 100 pls. Fürth. text, plates. Reference page.

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