Theclinesthes onycha

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: 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: Theclinesthes
Species: Theclinesthes onycha
Subspecies: : T. o. capricornia – T. o. onycha

Name

Theclinesthes onycha (Hewitson, 1865)

Type locality: Northern Australia.

Typus: ♀ BMNH, designated by Sibatani & Grund, 1978: 5.

Synonymy

• Utica onycha Hewitson, 1865: 56, pl.24, figs.11,12.
• Lycaena onycha (Hewitson); Kirby, 1879: 174 (part).
• Theclinesthes onycha onycha (Hewitson); McCubbin, 1971: 93; Bridges, 1994: VIII.340, IX.129.

References

• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1863–1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp, 107 pls. Text, plates. Reference page. 
• Hirowatari, T. 1992. A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae). Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture (B)44 (Suppl.) PDF. Reference page. 
• Kirby, W.F. 1879. Catalogue of the Collection of Diurnal Lepidoptera Forms by William Chapman Hewitson. John Van Voorst, London. BHL Reference page. 
• McCubbin, C. 1971. Australian Butterflies. 200pp. Nelson, Melbourne. Reference page. 
• Sibatani, A. & Grund, R., 1978. A revision of the Theclinesthes onycha Complex (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Tyô to Ga 29(1): 1-34 pdf. Reference page. 

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