Micandra aegides

aegides, ♂, from original description.

Thecla amplitudo, ♂, 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: Micandra aegides

Name

Micandra aegides (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865).

Type locality:

Holotype: ♂ BMNH, #563, images.

Synonymy

• Pseudolycaena aegides C. & R. Felder, 1865: 246, pl.31, figs 3,4.
• Thecla amplitudo Druce, 1907: 575, pl.32, fig.6. ♂ BMNH, #564, images. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 120.
• Thecla aegides (Felder); Draudt, [1919]: 753.
• Micandra aegides (Felder); Lamas, 2004: 120.

References

• Draudt, M.W.K. 1917–1924. Die amerikanischen Tagfalter. Lycaenidae and Grypocera. In Seitz, Gross-schmetterlinge der Erde 5: 739–999, Pls.1–194. Reference page. 
• Druce, H.H. 1907. On Neotropical Lycaenidae with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the zoological Society of London 1907(3): 566–632, pls 31–36. 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. 
• 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. 

Links

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