Nicolaea

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: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Eumaeini
Genus: Nicolaea
Species: N. bagrada – N. bisidia – N. castinotus – N. cauter – N. ceglusa – N. cupa – N. demilineata – N. dolium – N. fabulla – N. heraldica – N. laconia – N. lemuria – N. munditia – N. obelus – N. opalia – N. opaliana – N. ophia – N. petilla – N. pyxis – N. salki – N. schausa – N. socia – N. torris – N. umuarama – N. velina – N. viceta – N. xorema

Name

Nicolaea Johnson, 1993 (32): 66.

Type Species: Thecla cauter Druce, 1907: 589, pl.34, fig.15.

Synonymy

Crimsinota Johnson, 1993 (32): 40. TS Thecla socia Hewitson, 1868: 29, by original designation.
Rindgea Johnson, 1993 (40): 2. TS: Rindgea umuarama Johnson, 1993 (40): 3, by original designation.

References

Druce, H.H. 1907. On Neotropical Lycaenidae with descriptions of new species. Proceedings of the zoological Society of London 1907(3): 566–632, pls 31–36. Reference page.
Faynel, C.; Robbins, R.K. 2014: New Lycaenidae from the inselberg of the Nouragues and from Kaw Mountain in French Guiana (Lepidoptera: Theclinae: Eumaeini). Annales de la Société entomologique de France (n.s.), 50(2): 191–201. [In French, with English summary] DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2014.934040 Reference page.
Faynel, C. & Robbins, R.K. 2015: Siderus nouraguensis n. sp., Nicolaea salki n. sp. et Ostrinotes silva n. sp. (Lepidoptera: Theclinae: Eumaeini) Corrigendum. Annales de la Société entomologique de France , NS 51(2): 196. DOI: 10.1080/00379271.2015.1064201. Reference page.
Hewitson, W. C., 1868. Descriptions of some new species of Lycaenidae. London. van Voorst, 36 pp. web purchase Reference page.
Johnson, K., 1993. Neotropical Hairstreak Butterflies: New Sister Genera of the Electrostrymon/Angulopis Grade of Eumaeini (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae). Reports of the Museum of Natural History, University of Wisconsin Stevens Point 32: 1–76. pdf. Reference page.
Johnson, K., 1993. A New Neotropical Genus of Branded Angulopine-like Hairstreak Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Theclinae). Reports of the Museum of Natural History University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point 40: 1–7. PDF. Reference page.
Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page.