Danis danis regina

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Kingdom: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata 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: Danis
Species: Danis danis
Subspecies:

Danis danis regina (Kirby, 1889).

Type locality: Entrecasteaux Archipelago, Normanby Island. ("Normanby")

Typus: Lectotype Male ♂ BMNH, designated by Tennent, 2016: 132 (from Syntypes, Males ♂, Female ♀, BMNH, legit Basil Thomson, 30.x.1888 89-89.

Thysonotis regina Kirby, 1889: 163; Druce & Bethune-Baker, 1893: 542.
Danis danis regina (Kirby, 1889); D'Abrera, 1977: 325; Parsons, 1998: 430; Tennent, 2016: 132, Figs. 145–150.

D'Abrera, B. 1977. Butterflies of the Australian Region, edn 2. 415 pp. Lansdowne, Melbourne. Reference page.
Druce, H.H. & Bethune-Baker, G.T. 1893. A monograph of the butterflies of the genus Thysonotis. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1893(3): 536–552, pls. 45-47. BHL text; plates. Reference page.
Kirby, W. F., 1889. On the collection of Lepidoptera formed by Basil Thomson Esq., in the Louisiade Archipelago. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (6)4: 156-163. Reference page.
Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550. Reference page.
Tennent, W.J. 2016. A review of Danis danis (Cramer, 1775) (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae), with descriptions of seven new subspecies from Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. Nachrichten Entomologischen Vereins Apollo NF 37(2–3): 117–138. PDF Reference page.