Nessaea batesii

Taxonavigation

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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: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Biblidinae
Tribus: Biblidini
Subtribus: Epicalina
Genus: Nessaea
Species: N. aglaura – N. batesii – N. hewitsonii – N. obrinus

Name

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Nessaea Hübner, 1819

Type species: Papilio ancaeus Linnaeus, 1758 (= Nessaea obrinus Linnaeus, 1758).

Synonyms

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  • Polychroa Billberg 1820 currently viewed as a subjective junior synonym,
  • Epicallia Erichson 1848 invalid junior homonym of Epicallia Hübner, 1820

References

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  • Jenkins, D.W., 1989: Neotropical Nymphalidae. VII. Revision of Nessaea. 38 pp., ill. Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 125: 1–38. Full article: [1].
  • Lamas, G., 2004: Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Checklist: Part 4A Hesperioidea - Papiionoidea. Gainesville: Scientific Publishers/Association of Tropical Lepidoptera.