Nymphidium caricae

Nymphidium caricae

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 caricae
Subspecies: N. c. caricae – N. c. erubescens – N. c. goiacensis – N. c. parthenium – N. c. trinidadi

Name

Nymphidium caricae (Linnaeus, 1758)

Type locality: Americes (The Americas).

Lectotype: ZMHU. male ♂.

Synonyms

• Papilio caricae Linnaeus, 1758 (original combination)
• Nymphidium caricae (Linnaeus):
• Nymphidium multochrea Kaye, 1919
  • Type locality: Brzil, Açu, Igarapé.
    • Syntype: AME. male ♂.
• Nymphidium caricae parthenium Stichel, 1924 (synonymized by Hall, 2018: 454)
  • Type locality: Colombia, Mocoa, Rio Mulato.
    • Holotype: ZMHU. male ♂.
• Nymphidium caricae caricae f. badia Stichel, 1929
  • Type locality: No locality data.
    • Holotype: ZMHU. male ♂.
• Nymphidium caricae goiacensis Callaghan, 2001 (synonymized by Hall, 2018: 454)
  • Type locality: Brazil, km 10 Goiás-Cuiabá rd., E. of Juçara.
    • Holotype: MNRJ. male ♂. 23-26.IV.1973. legit C. Callaghan

References

• Callaghan, C.J. 2001: New riodinids from the Central Brazilian plateau (Lepidoptera, Riodinidae). Revista Brasileira de Zoologia, 18(3): 765–778. full article (pdf) Reference page. 
• 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. 
• 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.