Epimastidia

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: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Epimastidia
Species: (4)
E. arienis – E. inops – E. suffuscus – E. yiwikana
Name

Epimastidia H. H. Druce, 1891: 365.

Type species: Lycaena inops C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860: 244. By original designation.
References

Druce, H.H. 1891. On the Lycaenidae of the Solomon Islands. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891(3): 357–373, pls 31,32. BHL text, plates. Reference page.
Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1860 [1859]. Lepidopterologische Fragmente. Parts 5-6. Wien ents. Monats 4(4): 97–112; 4(8): 225–251 2 pls.; 394–402, 2 pls. BHL2, Plates. Reference page.
Hirowatari, T. 1992. A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae). Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture (B) 44 (Suppl.) PDF. Reference page.
Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550. Reference page.
Schröder, S., 2010. A new species of Epimastidia Druce, 1891 from Papua, Indonesia (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). SUGAPA (Suara Serangga Papua) 4(4): 113-119. web Reference page.
Tennent, W.J., 2001. Twenty new butterflies from the Solomon Islands (Lepidoptera: Hesperiidae; Lycaenidae; Nymphalinae; Satyrinae; Danainae). British Journal of Entomology and Natural History 14: 1-27. Reference page.
Tennent, W.J., Müller, C. J. & Peggie, D., 2014. Two New Butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from the collections of the Museum Zoologi Bogor, Indonesia. Tropical Lepidoptera Research 24: 10-14. Full article (PDF). Reference page.

Epimastidia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae first described by Hamilton Herbert Druce in 1891.[1] The species of this genus are found in the Australasian realm. They are

Epimastidia arienis H. H. Druce, 1891.
Epimastidia inops (C. Felder & R. Felder, 1860).
Epimastidia suffuscus Tennent, Müller & Peggie, 2014.
Epimastidia yiwikana Schröder, S., 2010.

References

Savela, Markku (March 15, 2017). "Epimastidia Druce, 1891". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved December 16, 2019.