Polycaena lua taibaiensis

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: Nemeobiinae
Tribus: Nemeobiini
Subtribe: Nemeobiina
Genus: Polycaena
Species: Polycaena lua
Subspecies: Polycaena lua taibaiensis

Name

Polycaena lua taibaiensis (Chou & Yuan, 2001)

Type locality: China, Taibai Mt., Shaanxi Province.

Holotype: EMNSTU. male ♂. VII.1997. legit Li Zhao-dong.

Synonymy

• Polycaena lama taibaiensis Chou & Yuan, 2001
• Polycaena lua taibaiensis Chou & Yuan, 2001 (new status by Huang & Li 2016: 585).

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. 

Additional references

• Huang, H. 2021a. New or little known butterflies from China - 4 (Lepidoptera: Pieridae, Nymphalidae, Riodinidae, Lycaenidae et Hesperiidae). Atalanta 52 (3): 338–406. Reference page. 
• Huang, H. & Li, Y-F. 2016. Notes on the genus Polycaena Staudinger (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) with descriptions of two new species from China. Zootaxa 4105(6): 575–590. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4105.6.4. Reference page.