Periplacis menander

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: Periplacis
Species: Periplacis menander

Name

Periplacis menander (Stoll, 1780)

Type locality: Brazil, Belém.

Syntypes: BMNH. female ♀.

Synonyms

• Papilio menander Stoll, 1780: 86 (original combination)
• Periplacis coruscans (Stoll): Hall, 2018: 600
• Tharops purpurata Godman & Salvin, 1878: 365-366 (synonymized by Hall, 2018: 600)
  • Type locality: Panama, Calobre.
    • Lectotype: BMNH. male ♂.
• Tharops menander thallus Stichel, 1911 (synonymized by Hall, 2018: 600)
  • Type locality: Peru, Iquitos.
    • Lectotype: ZMHU. male ♂.
• Menander beraka Brévignon in Brévignon & Gallard, 1999: 91-92
  • Type locality: French Guiana, Roura, Galion.
    • Holotype: Coll. Brévignon. male ♂.

References

Additional references

• Brévignon, C. & Gallard, J.-Y. 1999a. Inventaire des Riodinidae de Guyane Française VI-Riodininae: Nymphiidini. Description de nouveaux taxa. Première partie (Lepidoptera). Lambillionea 99(1)(2): 91-100. 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.