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

Name

Micandra platyptera (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1865).

Type locality: Venezuela.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH, #578, images.

Synonymy

  • Pseudolycaena platypetera C. & R. Felder, 1865: 246, pl.28, figs 5,6.
  • Pseudolycaena cadmus C. & R. Felder, 1865: 247, pl.31, fig.5. ♀, BMNH, #574, images. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 120.
  • Micandra sylvia Le Crom & K. Johnson, 1997. Synonymy in Lamas, 2004: 120.
  • Micandra platyptera (C. & R. Felder); Lamas, 2004: 120.

References

  • 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. 
  • Le Crom. J. F. & Johnson, K., 1997. Additional New Species and records of Elfin Butterflies from Colombia (Lycaenidae). Revista de Theclinae Colombianos (I): 1–8. Reference page. 
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