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: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Pyrrhopyginae
Tribus: Pyrrhopygini
Subtribus: Apyrrothrixina
Genus: Melanopyge
Species: Melanopyge cossea

Name

Melanopyge cossea (Druce, H.), 1875.

Type Locality: Colombia, "Chesterton".

Holotype: ♂ BMNH, images.

Synonymy

  • Pyrrhopyga (sic) cossea Druce, H., 1875: 362.
  • Pyrrhopyge maculosa cossaea (sic) (Druce); Evans, 1951: 37. Mis-spelling.
  • Melanopyge cossea (Druce), Mielke, 2002: 223; Lamas, 2004; 27.

References

  • Druce, H. 1875. Descriptions of new species of Diurnal Lepidoptera. Cistula Entomologica 1(12): 357-363 BHL.Reference page. 
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