Polycaena lama

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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: Nemeobiinae
Tribus: Nemeobiini
Subtribe: Nemeobiina
Genus: Polycaena
Species: Polycaena lama
Subspecies: P. l. lama – P. l. qinghaiensis – P. l. taibaiensis

Name

Polycaena lama Leech, 1893

Type locality: Western China or Tibet (to verify)

Typus: BMNH [?]

Synonymy

• Polycaena lama Leech, 1893: 294, pl. 28, f. 13, 15 (Original combination); See Zhang et al., 2021: 13.

References

Primary references

• Chou, I. & Yuan, X.Q. 2001: New Species, New Subspecies and New Record of Butterflies (Lepidoptera) from China (IV). Entomotaxonomia, 23(2): 141–146. Reference page. 
• Leech, J.H. 1892-1894. Butterflies from China, Japan and Corea 1. pp 1-297, 2. pp 297–681, Map, Plates. Reference page. 
• Zhang, J., Cong, Q., Shen, J.H., Opler, P.A. & Grishin, N.V. 2021. Genomics-guided refinement of butterfly taxonomy. The Taxonomic Report of The International Lepidoptera Survey 9(3): 1-55. Reference page. 

Links

For more multimedia, look at Polycaena lama on Wikimedia Commons.