Archeuptychia

Archeuptychia cluena
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Satyrinae
Tribe: Satyrini
Genus: Archeuptychia
Forster, 1964
Species: A. cluena
Binomial name
Archeuptychia cluena
(Drury, 1782)

Archeuptychia is a monotypic genus of satyrid butterfly. Its sole member, Archeuptychia cluena is found in Brazil.[1] The original name of this species was Papilio cluena as described by Drury (1782),[2] while the genus itself was created by Forster (1964).[3]

References

  1. Marrku Savela's Website on Lepidoptera Page on genus Archeuptychia.
  2. Drury, D. (1782). "Illustrations of Natural History. Wherein are exhibited up- wards of two hundred and forty figures of exotic insects, according to their different genera; very few of which have hitherto been figured by any author, being engraved and coloured from nature, with the greatest accuracy, and under the author's own inspection, on fifty copper- plates. With a particular description of each insect: interspersed with remarks and reflections on the nature and properties of many of them". London, B. White 1–3.
  3. Forster, W. (1964). "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Insektenfauna Boliviens XIX. Lepidoptera III. Satyridae". Veröffentlichungen der zoologischen Staatssammlung München 8: 51–188.

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