Thrix

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: Iolaini
Genus: Thrix
Species: (1)
T. scopula

Name

Thrix Doherty, 1891.

Type species: Neocheritra nisibis de Nicéville, 1895: 316, pl. P, fig. 45. Designated by Cowan, 1966: 254;
= Sithon scopula Druce, 1873: 352. See also ICZN Opinion 894.

Synonymy

Thrix Doherty, 1891: 35.
Virgarina H. H. Druce, 1895: 606. TS: Sithon scopula Druce, 1873, Borneo.
Virgaurina Fruhstorfer, 1914: 175 [Misspelling of virgarina]

References

Cowan C. F., 1966. Thrix Doherty, 1891 (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae): Proposed designation of a type-species under the plenary powers. Z.N.(S.) 1768. Bull. Zool. Nomencl. 23: 253–254. Reference page.
Doherty, W., 1891. New and rare Indian Lycaenidae. Journal of the asiatic Society of Bengal 60(1): 32–37, 1 pl. BHL text, plate. Reference page.
Druce, H.H. 1895. A monograph of the Bornean Lycaenidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1895(3): 556-627, 4 pls. Reference page.
Hemming, A.F. 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1–509. Reference page.
ICZN. Opinion 894, 1970. Thrix Doherty, 1891 (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) designation of a type apecies under the plenary poweers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 26(5/6): 192-193. Reference page.
de Nicéville, L. 1895. On new and little-known butterflies from the Indo-Malayan Region. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 9(3): 259–321; (4): 366–410, Pls. N–Q. Reference page.

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