Trochusinus balzabamba

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: Trochusinus
Species: Trochusinus balzabamba

Name

Trochusinus balzabamba (Goodson, 1945)

Type locality: Ecuador, Bolivar, Balzabamba.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH #2205, images.

Synonymy

• Thecla balzabamba Goodson, 1945
• Trochusinus balzabamba (Goodson); K.Johnson et al., 1997; Balint et al, 2010.
• Timaeta balzabamba (Goodson); Robbins, 2004.

References

• Bálint, Zs., Kertész, K. & Wojtusiak, J., 2010. Notes on the high Andean cloud forest butterfly genus Jagiello and its relatives with description of a new species from Peru (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici 102: 119–142. 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. 
• Robbins & Busby, 2008. Phylogeny, taxonomy, and sympatry of Timaeta (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini): an Andean montane forest endemic. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 151(2): 205-233, 75 figs., 2 tabs. (1 December). Reference page. 

Links

• Butterflies of America.