Rhinelephas cyanicornis

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: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Rhinelephas
Species: Rhinelephas cyanicornis
Subspecies: (2)
R. c. cyanicornis – R. c. denkeri

Name

Rhinelephas cyanicornis (Snellen, 1892).

Type locality: Indonesia, Java.

Lectotype: ♂ RMNH: "Java occ., Gedeh, 1400m, 1887, 3♂, orig. der afb, coll. PS", designated by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 159.

Synonymy

• Lycaena cyanicornis Snellen, 1892: 146.
• Cyaniris placidula pellax Fruhstorfer, 1910: 292 (partim '♀' recte ♂, nec ♂. Lectotype: ♂ BMNH: "Java occident. Pengalengan 4000' 1893 H. Fruhstorfer, cyanicornis Snell.", designated by Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 159. Synonymised by Toxopeus, 1927: xxvi.
• Lycaenopsis cyanicornis (Snellen); Fruhstorfer, 1917: 22, pl. 2, fig. 16.
• Rhinelephas cyanicornis (Snellen); Toxopeus, 1927: xxvi.
• Rhinelephas cyanicornis cyanicornis (Snellen); Toxopeus, 1928: 257, pl. 5, fig. 19, text figs 53, 53a, 54; Eliot & Kawazoé, 1983: 159, figs 115, 396, 412, 511.
• Rhinelephas cyanicornis pellax (Fruhstorfer); Toxopeus, 1928: 262.

References

• Eliot, J. N. & Kawazoé, A. 1983. Blue butterflies of the Lycaenopsis group. British Museum (Natural History), London. ISBN 0-565-00860-9. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1910. Neue Cyaniris-Rassen und Übersicht der bekannten Arten. Stettin. Ent. Ztg. 71 (1909): 282-305. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1917. Revision der Lycaenidengattung Lycaenopsis. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 82 (A) (1) (1916): 1–42, 2 pls. text, plates. Reference page. 
• Snellen, P. C. T., 1892. Beschrijving van eenige Javaansche Dagvlinders. Tijdschr. Ent. 35: 133-147. Reference page. 
• Toxopeus, L. J., 1927-1928. Eine Revision der javanischen, zu Lycaenopsis und verwandten Genera gehörigen Arten. Tijdschr. Ent. 70: 232-302, 1pl., 27 figs; ibid. 71: 179-265, 1 pl., 29 figs. Reference page.