Pithecops

Pithecops corvus ♂,♀ Thailand

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: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Pithecops
Species: P. corvus – P. dionisius – P. fulgens – P. mariae – P. phoenix

Name

Pithecops Horsfield, [1828]

Type species: Pithecops hylax corax Fruhstorfer, [1919]: 79. Designated by Opinion 822 of the Commission under its Plenary Powers.

Synonymy

• Pithecops Horsfield, [1828]: 66.
• Eupsychellus Röber, 1891: 316. Type Species: Lycaena dionisius Boisduval, [1832]1: 82, by monotypy. Synonymised in Hirowatari, 1992: 56.

References

• Boisduval, J.-A. 1832. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe (etc). Faune entomologique de l'Ocean Pacifique (etc). Part 1. Lépidoptères. Paris. J Tastu, 267pp, Pls. 1–12. Reference page. 
• Corbet, A. S., 1940. The identity of the Fabrician species Papilio sphinx and Papilio hylax. Entomologist 73: 275. Reference page. 
• Couchman, L. E., 1966. Comment on the proposed designation of a type species for Pithecops Horsfield, [1828]. Z.N.(S.) 1675. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 23(1): 6. Reference page. 
• Cowan C. F., 1965. Comment on the proposed designation of a type species for Pithecops Horsfield, 1828. Z.N (S.) 1675. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 22(4):209. Reference page. 
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1919. Revision der Artengruppe Pithecops auf Grund der Morphologie der Klammerorgane. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 83 (A) (1): 77-84. Reference page. 
• Hemming, A. F., 1965. Pithecops Horsfield [1828] (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae): proposed designation of a type species under the plenary powers. Z.N.(S.) 1675. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 22(1):69-71. 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. 
• Horsfield, T. 1828–1829. A Descriptive Catalogue of the Lepidopterous Insects in the Museum of the Honourable East India Company. 144pp., 4 pls., London. Reference page. 
• ICZN. Opinion 822, 1967. Pithecops Horsfield, [1828] designation of a type species under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 24(4):216-217. Reference page. 
• Röber, J., 1891. Beitrag zur kenntniss der Indo-Australischen lepidopteren fauna. Tijdschr. Ent. 34: 261-334. Reference page. 

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