Theope busbyi

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: Riodininae
Tribus: Nymphidiini
Subtribus: Theopina
Genus: Theope
Species: Theope busbyi

Name

Theope busbyi Hall, 1998.

Type locality: Ecuador, Napo Province, Río Napo, km. 4 Misahualli-Puerto Napo Road, 450 m.

Holotype: ♂ USNM, 9-11.X.1990. legit R.C. Busby.

References

• Brévignon, C. 2011: Description de nouvelles espèces du genre Theope Doubleday, 1847 originaires de Guyane française.IV- Le groupe de Theope foliorum H.W. Bates, 1868 (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae: Riodininae: Nymphidiini). Lambillionea, 111(2): 133–152. Reference page. 
• Hall, J.P.W. 1998: Six new species in the foliorum group of Theope (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae). Lambillionea 98(4): 562–573. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Hall, J.P.W. 2002. Phylogeny of the riodinid butterfly subtribe Theopeina (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae: Nymphidiini). Systematic Entomology 27(2): 139–167. DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-3113.2002.00171.x 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. 

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