Thecla alcestis Grose-Smith , 1889: 300

Lamas, Gerardo, 2008, Twelve new species-group replacement names and further nomenclatural notes on Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera), Zootaxa 1848 (1), pp. 47-56 : 52-53

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.1848.1.5

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/3C1BEE23-FFE4-6126-FF67-F8B0E1AFD4CB

treatment provided by

Felipe

scientific name

Thecla alcestis Grose-Smith , 1889: 300
status

 

23. Thecla alcestis Grose-Smith, 1889: 300 View in CoL . Junior primary homonym of Thecla alcestis W.H. Edwards, 1871: 271 .

Thecla alcestis Grose-Smith was transferred to Hypolycaena Felder & Felder, 1862 by Grose-Smith (1900), where it is currently regarded as a valid species ( Tennent, 2006). Thecla alcestis Edwards is currently

regarded as a valid species in Phaeostrymon Clench, 1961 ( Robbins, 2004) . These names have not been considered congeneric after 1899.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Lycaenidae

Genus

Thecla

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