Papilio amyntas Fabricius, 1775

Dataset

GBIF Backbone Taxonomy

Rank

SPECIES

Classification

kingdom

Animalia

phylum

Arthropoda

class

Insecta

order

Lepidoptera

family

Lycaenidae

genus

Elkalyce

species

Elkalyce argiades

Name

Homonyms

Papilio amyntas Fabricius, 1775

Papilio amyntas Poda, 1761

Papilio amyntas Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775

Papilio amyntas Fabricius, 1775

Bibliographic References

1. International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 503 Designation under the Plenary Powers of a type species in harmony with existing usage for the generic name Cupido Schrank, 1801 (class Insecta, order Lepidoptera) and matters incidental thereto.Opinions and declarations rendered by the International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature 18(5), 121-140 (1958)
2. Pelham, Jonathan P., 2008: A catalogue of the butterflies of the United States and Canada with a complete bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera, vol. 40. xiv + 658.
3. Poole, Robert W. / Poole, Robert W., and Patricia Gentili, eds., 1996: Lepidoptera. Nomina Insecta Nearctica: A Check List of the Insects of North America, vol. 3: Diptera, Lepidoptera, Siphonaptera. 605-1122.