Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Theclinae
Tribus: Luciini
Genus: Hypochrysops
Species: Hypochrysops plotinus

Name

Hypochrysops plotinus Grose-Smith, 1894.

Type locality: Indonesia, West Papua, Humboldt Bay.

Lectotype: ♂ BMNH: "Humboldt Bay, Sept-Oct. 1892, W. Doherty, Type, Plotinus Grose-Smith Type ♂, Rothschild bequest BM 1939-1"; designated by Sands, 1986: 36.

Synonymy

  • Mypochrysops plotinus Grose-Smith, 1894: 547; Sands, 1986: 36.
  • Miletus plotinus (Grose-Smith); Fruhstorfer, 1908: 99.
  • Miletus stotharti Rothschild, 1916: 34; HT ♂ BMNH: Utakwa R. Dutch New Guin. Novemb. 1912, A. F. R. Wollaston"; synonymised by Sands, 1986: 36.

References

  • Grose-Smith, H., 1894. An account of a collection of diurnal Lepidoptera made by Mr. Doherty at Humboldt Bay, Dutch New Guinea... Novitates zoologicae. 1: Pt. 1: 331–365; Pt. 2: 543–551; Pt. 3: 571–583. 1; 2; 3. Reference page. 
  • Rothschild, L.W. 1916. Lepidoptera of the British Ornithologists' Union and Wollaston Expeditions in the Snow Mountains, Southern Dutch New Guinea (Macrolepidoptera). 182 pp., 2 pls. Zoological Museum, Tring. Text, plates. Reference page. 
  • The Papua Insects Foundation, images.
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