Polycaena minor

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 minor
Subspecies: P. m. minor – P. m. shii

Name

Polycaena minor (Forster, 1951)

Type locality: Tibet, Batang, Alpine Zone, 5000 m.

Holotype: ZFMK. male ♂. 21.VI.1938.

Synonyms

• Polycaena lua minor Forster, 1951:
• Polycaena minor Forster, 1961 (new status by Huang & Li 2016: 585).

References

Primary references

• Forster, W. 1951: Die Riodiniden der Ausbeuten Dr. Hönes aus China. Zeitschrift der Wiener Entomologischen Gesellschaft 36: 62–66. PDF. 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.