Biology:Polycaena

From HandWiki
Short description: Butterfly genus in family Lycaenidae

Polycaena
Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea (1892) (20517132441).jpg
Polycaena matuta (figure 16) and Polycaena lama (13 male, 15 female) in John Henry Leech's Butterflies from China, Japan, and Corea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Riodinidae
Subfamily:
Nemeobiinae
Genus:
Polycaena

Staudinger, 1886[1][2]
Species

See text

Polycaena is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Nemeobiinae within the family Riodinidae. The genus was erected by Otto Staudinger in 1886. The species are found in the eastern Palearctic, mainly in the Himalayas.[3]

Cladogram from the Catalogue of Life:

Polycaena 
 

Polycaena aestivalis

 
 

Polycaena attila

 
 

Polycaena banghaasi

 
 

Polycaena carmelita

 
 

Polycaena chauchowensis

 
 

Polycaena helcha

 
 

Polycaena kansuensis

 
 

Polycaena lama

 
 

Polycaena lua

 
 

Polycaena matuta

 
 

Polycaena minor

 
 

Polycaena pallidior

 
 

Polycaena princeps

 
 

Polycaena tamerlana

 
 

Polycaena temir

 
 

Polycaena timur

 
 

References

  1. ↑ Savela, Markku. "Polycaena Staudinger, 1886". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/riodinidae/polycaena/. Retrieved November 12, 2018. 
  2. ↑ Staudinger, O. (1886). "Centralasiatische Lepidopteren". Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 47: 227.
  3. ↑ Hemming, A.F. (1967). "The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera)". Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). 1967, Suppl. 9.

Wikidata ☰ Q1762192 entry



Retrieved from "https://handwiki.org/wiki/index.php?title=Biology:Polycaena&oldid=673206"