Satyrium titus

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: Theclinae
Tribus: Eumaeini
Genus: Satyrium
Species:
Subspecies: per Butterflies of America
S. t. campus – S. t. carrizozo – S. t. immaculosus – S. t. occidentalis – S. t. titus – S. t. watsoni – S. t. winteri

Name

Satyrium titus (Fabricius, 1793).

Type locality: "Anglia"! Suggested to be “Millhaven Plantation, Screven County, Georgia” by Gatrelle, 2004: 7.

Lectotype: ♀ BMNH, (#Rh1060) designated by Gatrelle (2004): 2, fig.3.

Synonymy

  • Hesperia (Rurales) titus Fabricius, 1793: 297.
  • Strymon titus (Fabricius); Dyar, 1903: 40.
  • Harkenclenus titus (Fabricius); dos Passos, 1970: 28; Hodges, 1983: #4275; Gatrelle, 2004: 1.
  • Satyrium (Satyrium) titus (Fabricius); Pelham, 2008: 206; Holland, 2010: 166.

References

  • dos Passos, C.F. 1970. A Revised Synonymic Catalogue with Taxonomic Notes on Some Nearctic Lycaenidae. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 24(1): 26–38. PDF. Reference page. 
  • Dyar, H. G. [1903]. A List of North American Lepidoptera and Key to the Literature of this Order of Insects. Bulletin of the United States National Museum 52: i–xix, 1–723. BHL. Reference page. 
  • Fabricius, J.C. 1793. Entomologia Systematica emendata et aucta. Secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, adjectis synonimis, locis, observationibus, descriptionibus. Tomus III. Pars I. C. G. Proft, Hafniae, [vi] + 487 pp. BHL Reference page. 
  • Gatrelle, R.R. 2004. A taxonomic examination of (Lycaenidae: Theclinae) in the eastern United States. Taxonomic Report of the International Lepidoptera Survey 4(6): 1–17, 28 figs. PDF. Reference page. 
  • Hodges, R. W., 1983. Check List of the Lepidoptera of America North of Mexico. 284 pp. E. W. Classey, 30 May 1983. PDF-Yale Reference page. 
  • Holland, R., 2010b. A new subspecies of (Lycaenidae: Theclinae) from South Central New Mexico. Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 64 (3): 166–171. Full article. Reference page. 
  • Pelham, J.P. 2008. Catalogue of the Butterflies of the United States and Canada. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 40: 1–672. Reference page.