Biology:Ogyris

Ogyris is an Australiaian genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. Ogyris genera are vulnerable and endangered due to agriculture and urban development, because of their restricted distribution and habitat specificity, and are at risk for environmental change.

Species

• Ogyris abrota Westwood, 1851
• Ogyris aenone Waterhouse, 1902
• Ogyris amaryllis Hewitson, 1862
• Ogyris aurantiaca Rebel, 1912
• Ogyris barnardi Miskin, 1890
• Ogyris faciepicta Strand, 1911
• Ogyris genoveva Hewitson, [1853]
• Ogyris halmaturia (Tepper, 1890)
• Ogyris ianthis Waterhouse, 1900
• Ogyris idmo Hewitson, 1862
• Ogyris iphis Waterhouse & Lyell, 1914
• Ogyris meeki Rothschild, 1900
• Ogyris olane Hewitson, 1862
• Ogyris oroetes Hewitson, 1862
• Ogyris otanes C. & R. Felder, [1865]
• Ogyris subterrestris Field, 1999
• Ogyris zosine Hewitson, [1853]

References

• Braby, M.F.; Douglas, F.; Willan, R.C. 2011: The nomenclature of Ogyris halmaturia (Tepper, 1890) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). ISSN 1320-6133 Australian Entomologist, 38(1): 29–36. PDF of whole issue
• Bridges, C. A., 1988. Catalogue of Lycaenidae & Riodinidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bridges, Urbana, Illinois.
• 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.
• Grund, R. 2010: The taxonomy of Ogyris halmaturia (Tepper, 1890) stat. nov. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). ISSN 1326-6756 Australian Journal of Entomology, 49(2): 114–120. doi:10.1111/j.1440-6055.2010.00747.x
• McCubbin, C., 1971. Australian Butterflies. 200pp. Nelson, Melbourne.
• Parsons, M., 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea Academic Press, ISBN 0-12-545555-0
• Westwood, J. O., [1851]. In Doubleday, E. 1846–1852, The genera of diurnal Lepidoptera, 2. pp. 251-534, pls. 31-80 + suppl. pl. London.
• Braby, M.F. and Douglas, F., 2008. The nomenclature, taxonomy and conservation status of Ogyris waterhouseri (Bethune-Baker, 1905) stat. nov. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), a threatened butterfly from southern Australia. Australian Journal of Entomology, 47: 315-329. [1]
• Schmidt,D.J., Grund, R., Williams, M.R. and Hughes, J.M., 2014. East–west divergence of Ogyris. Biol J Linn Soc Lond, 111: 473-484. https://academic.oup.com/biolinnean/article-abstract/111/2/473/2415902?redirectedFrom=fulltext
• Field, R.P, 1997. The Ogyris idmo Hewitson complex (lepidoptera: Lycaeniddae) as flagship species for conservation in southern Australia. Memoirs of Museum Victoria, Vol 56 (2) p.389-392. https://doi.org/10.24199/j.mmv.1997.56.29

External links

• "Ogyris Angas, 1847" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms

Wikidata ☰ Q541240 entry