Paraspiculatus

Paraspiculatus
Paraspiculatus grande
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Tribe: Eumaeini
Subtribe: Timaetina
Genus: Paraspiculatus
Johnson & Constantino, 1997

Paraspiculatus is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.[1] Species of the genus are found in montane habitats in the Andes of South America.[2]

Species

The following species are recognised in the genus Paraspiculatus:[1]

Species complex Paraspiculatus elis
  • Paraspiculatus elis (Cramer, 1779)
Species complex Paraspiculatus catrea
  • Paraspiculatus catrea (Hewitson, 1874)
  • Paraspiculatus vossoroca Bálint and Moser, 2001
Species complex Paraspiculatus oroanna
  • Paraspiculatus oroanna Bálint, 2002
Species complex Paraspiculatus apuya
  • Paraspiculatus apuya Busby & Robbins, 2017
Species complex Paraspiculatus hannelore
  • Paraspiculatus hannelore Bálint & Moser, 2001
Species complex Paraspiculatus orobia
  • Paraspiculatus cosmo Busby, Robbins, and Faynel, 2017
  • Paraspiculatus orobia (Hewitson, 1867)
Species complex Paraspiculatus orobiana
  • Paraspiculatus orobiana (Hewitson, 1867)
Species complex Paraspiculatus transvesta
  • Paraspiculatus transvesta Robbins & Busby, 2017)
Species complex Paraspiculatus orocana
  • Paraspiculatus grande Busby, Robbins, and Moser
  • Paraspiculatus honor Busby, Robbins, and Hall, 2017
  • Paraspiculatus orocana (H. H. Druce, 1912)
Paraspiculatus colombiensis
  • Paraspiculatus emma Busby & Robbins, 2017
  • Paraspiculatus sine Busby & Robbins, 2017
  • Paraspiculatus colombiensis Johnson and Constantino, 1997
  • Paraspiculatus azul Busby, Robbins, and Faynel, 2017
  • Paraspiculatus lilyana Busby & Robbins, 2017
  • Paraspiculatus noemi Busby & Robbins, 2017

References

  1. 1 2 Busby, Robert C; Faynel, Christophe; Moser, Alfred; Robbins, Robert K (2017-08-15). "Sympatric Diversification in the Upper Amazon: A Revision of the Eumaeine Genus Paraspiculatus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology (649): iv–65. doi:10.5479/si.1943-6696.649. ISSN 1943-6696.
  2. ↑ Robbins, Robert K.; Cong, Qian; Zhang, Jing; Shen, Jinhui; Busby, Robert C.; Faynel, Christophe; Duarte, Marcelo; Martins, Ananda R. P.; Prieto, Carlos; Lamas, Gerardo; Grishin, Nick V. (2022-07-01). "Genomics‐based higher classification of the species‐rich hairstreaks (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Eumaeini)". Systematic Entomology. 47 (3): 445–469. doi:10.1111/syen.12541. ISSN 0307-6970. PMC 9246340. PMID 35782754.