Nymphidium medusa

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: Riodinidae
Subfamilia: Riodininae
Tribus: Nymphidiini
Subtribus: Nymphidiina
Genus: Nymphidium
Species: Nymphidium medusa
Subspecies: N. m. medusa – N. m. semiramis

Name

Nymphidium medusa Druce, 1904

Type locality: Peru, Colorado.

Lectotype: BMNH. male ♂.

Synonymy

• Nymphidium leucosia ninias f. galactina Stichel, 1911 (synonymized by Hall, 2018: 405)
  • Type locality: Brazil, Itaituba.
    • Syntype ZMHU. male ♂
• Nymphidium ninias galactina (Stichel): Seitz, 1917: 714

References

Additional references

• Hall, J.P.W. 2018. A Monograph of the Nymphidiina (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae: Nymphidiini) Phylogeny, Taxonomy, Biology and Biogeography. The Entomological Society of Washington. 990pp. WorldCat. ISBN 978-0-692-98754-4. Reference page.