Ministrymon cruenta

Thecla cruenta, ♂, from original description.

Thecla vena, ♂, 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: Ministrymon
Species: Ministrymon cruenta

Name

Ministrymon cruenta (Gosse, 1880)

Type locality: Argentina.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH, #988, images.

Synonymy

• Thecla cruenta Gosse, 1880: 204, pl.2. fig.4.
• Thecla vena Druce, 1907 : 620, pl.36, fig.21. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 132.
• Thecla vena sparsa Hayward, 1949: 574. Argentina, images. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 132.
• Ministrymon chacovaga Johnson, Eisele & MacPherson, 1992: 2, fig.3. Argentiona, Quimili, AMNH, images. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 132.
• Ministrymon gagarini Bálint, K. Johnson & G.T. Austin, 1998: 199, Figs 2-3,17,26. Brazil, (RJ), MPM, images. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 132.
• Ministrymon cruor Bálint, K. Johnson & G.T. Austin, 1998: 201, Figs 4-5,6,18,27. Brazil. Rio, Mundo Nova, 5 May 1940 MPM, images. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 132.
• Ministrymon cryptus Bálint, K. Johnson & G.T. Austin, 1998: 211, Figs 16,25. Brazil, Icatu, 7 Jan. 1961, MPM, images. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 132.
• Ministrymon cruenta (Gosse); Lamas, 2004: 132.

References

• Bálint, Zs., K. Johnson & G.T. Austin, 1998. New species of Eumaeini (Lycaenidae) from Southeastern Brazil II. Review of regional Ministrymon and descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici 90: 195–214. PDF. 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. 
• Gosse, P.H. 1880. The Butterflies of Paraguay and La Plata. The Entomologist 13(208): 193–205, pl. 22. text, plate. Reference page. 
• Hayward, K.J., 1949. Nuevas especies de Lycaenidae de la Argentina (Lep. Rhop.) Acta zoologica lillolana 8: 567–581, 7 figs. Reference page. 
• Johnson, K., Eisele & MacPherson, 1992. Additions to the Argentine fauna, pp. 2-3, figs. In: Johnson, K. (Ed.), Taxonomic additions to recent studies of Neotropical butterflies. Reports of the Museum of natural History, University of Wisconsin (Stevens Point) 23: 1–20, figs. (15 May) PDF. Reference page.