Biology:Erysichton
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Erysichton is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.[1][2][3] The species of this genus are found in the Australasian realm.[2][3]
Etymology
The genus is named after the mythological figure of Erysichthon of Thessaly.
Species
There are up to three recognized species:[1][3]
- Erysichton albiplaga Tite, 1963
- Erysichton lineatus (Murray, 1874)
- Erysichton palmyra (Felder, 1860)
Some other sources consider Erysichton monotypic, with Erysichton lineatus as the sole species[2][4] and the remaining species in Jameela.[4][5]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Erysichton Fruhstorfer, 1916". Global Lepidoptera Index 1.1.26.041. 10 February 2026. https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/55434/taxon/259333.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Savela, Markku. "Erysichton Fruhstorfer, 1916". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. https://nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/erysichton/#Erysichton.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Erysichton Fruhstorfer, 1916". Species. GBIF. http://www.gbif.org/species/1921287.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Grund, Roger; Eastwood, Rod (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.
- ↑ Savela, Markku. "Jameela Grund & Eastwood, 2010". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. https://nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/erysichton/#Jameela.
<ref> tag with name "Fruhstorfer 1916" defined in <references> is not used in prior text.Further reading
- 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
- Hirowatari, T. 1992: A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae). Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture (B), 44(Suppl.)
- Parsons, M., 1999. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea Academic Press, ISBN 0-12-545555-0
- 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.
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