Pseudolycaena platyptera, ♂, from original description.
Pseudolycaena cadmus, ♀, =Micandra platyptera, from original description.

Taxonavigation

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: Eumaeini
Genus: Micandra
Species: M. aegides – M. comae – M. cyda – M. dignota – M. extrema – M. ion – M. platyptera – M. stephanieae – M. sylvana – M. tongida

Name

Micandra Schatz, 1888: 288.

Type species: Pseudolycaena platyptera C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865: 246, pl.28, figs 6,7.

Synonyms

  • Egides Salazar, 1995, (nom. nud.). Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 120.
  • Egides K. Johnson, Kruse & Kroenlein, 1997. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 120.

References

  • Clench, H. K., 1971. Two new hairstreaks from Mexico (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bull. Allyn Museum 3: 1–6. Full article: Reference page. 
  • Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1865–75. Lepidoptera. In Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in der Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 under den Befehlen Commadore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band: Abtheilung. Vienna, 549 pp., 140 pls. Text. Plates. Reference page. 
  • Johnson, Kruse & Kroenlein, 1997. The Macusiina, a new infratribe of the Eumaeini with description of the new genera (Lycaenidae). Revista de Theclinae colombianos 2(13): 1–39. Reference page. 
  • Prieto, C. 2011. The genus Micandra Staudinger (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae) in Colombia, with the description of a new species from the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta. Zootaxa 3040: 55–68. Full Article. Reference page. 
  • Salazar, J.A., 1995. Lista preliminar de las mariposas diurnas Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera que habitan en el departamento del Putumayo. Notas sobre la distribución en la zona andina. Colombia amazónica 8(1): 11-69, 14 figs., 2 maps. Reference page. 
  • Schatz, E. 1888. In Staudinger, O. & Schatz, E., 1884–1888. Exotische Schmetterlinge 1. Exotische Tagfalter (1) Beschreibungen. [6], 333 pp. (2) Abbildungen. [4] 100 pls. Fürth. text, plates. Reference page. 
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