Erysichton

Erysichton
Figs.28, 29 Erysichton palmyra (Felder, 1860)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Genus:	Erysichton Fruhstorfer, 1916[1]

Erysichton is a genus of butterfly in the family Lycaenidae.The members (species) of this genus are found in the Australasian ecozone.

Species

• Erysichton lineata (Murray, 1874)

Former species

• Erysichton albiplaga is now known as Jameela albiplaga (Tite, 1963)
• Erysichton palmyra is now known as Jameela palmyra (Felder, 1860)

References

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• Eliot, J.N. 1973: The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative arrangement. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology, 28: 371-505. BHL
• Fruhstorfer, H., 1916. Nacaduba Artengruppe Erysichton. Zool. Meded. 2: 137.
• Grund, R. & R. Eastwood 2010: New Australian butterfly genus Jameela gen. nov. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae: Polyommatini) revealed by morphological, ecological and molecular data. Entomological Science 13 (1): 134-143. DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2010.00368.x. Abstract: .
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• Tite, G.E. 1963: A synonymic list of the genus Nacaduba and allied genera (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology, 13(4): 67-116, plates 1,2.