Hypochrysops theon medocus

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: Theclinae
Tribus: Luciini
Genus: Hypochrysops
Species: Hypochrysops theon
Subspecies:

Name

Hypochrysops theon medocus (Fruhstorfer, 1908).

Type locality: Australia, Northern Queensland.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH: "Type, Australia, Queensland ex. coll. Fruhstorfer, Fruhstorfer coll. B.M. 1933-131".

Miletus doleschalli medocus Fruhstorfer, 1908: 85.
Miletus panaetha Waterhouse & Lyell, 1909: 112; synonymised by Waterhouse, 1937e: 116.
Waigeum theon panaetha (Waterhouse & Lyell); Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914: 91, figs 165, 202.
Hypochrysops theon panaetha (Waterhouse & Lyell); Barrett & Burns, 1951: 153.
Miletus theon panaetha Waterhouse & Lyell; Waterhouse, 1932: 145.
Hypochrysops theon medocus (Fruhstorfer); Waterhouse, 1937: 116; Sands, 1986: 93.

Fruhstorfer, H., 1908. Neue Lycaeniden. Internationale entomologische Zeitschrift 2(16): 85-86, 91-92, 99-100, 113.Archive. Reference page.
Sands, D.P.A. 1986. A Revision of the genus Hypochrysops C. & R. Felder (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) Entomonograph 7, 116pp., 3 pls. Reference page.
Waterhouse, G.A. & Lyell, G. 1909. New and rare Auistralian butterflies of the genus Miletus. Victorian Naturalist 26: 110–116. BHL Reference page.
Waterhouse, G.A. & Lyell, G. 1914. The Butterflies of Australia. A monograph of the Australian Rhopalocera. 238 pp., 888 figs. Sydney. BHL Reference page.
Waterhouse, G.A. 1937. Presidential address: The biology and taxonomy of the Australian butterflies. Report Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of science 23rd meeting, Auckland, 1937. 23: 101–103. Reference page.