Pithecops

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: Pithecops
Species: P. corvus – P. dionisius – P. fulgens – P. mariae – P. phoenix
Name

Pithecops Horsfield, [1828]

Type species: Pithecops hylax corax Fruhstorfer, [1919]: 79. Designated by Opinion 822 of the Commission under its Plenary Powers.
Synonymy

Pithecops Horsfield, [1828]: 66.
Eupsychellus Röber, 1891: 316. Type Species: Lycaena dionisius Boisduval, [1832]1: 82, by monotypy. Synonymised in Hirowatari, 1992: 56.

References

Boisduval, J.B. 1832. Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe (etc). Faune entomologique de l'Ocean Pacifique (etc). Part 1. Lépidoptères. Paris. J Tastu, 267pp, Pls. 1–12. Reference page.
Corbet, A. S., 1940. The identity of the Fabrician species Papilio sphinx and Papilio hylax. Entomologist 73: 275. Reference page.
Couchman, L. E., 1966. Comment on the proposed designation of a type species for Pithecops Horsfield, [1828]. Z.N.(S.) 1675. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 23(1): 6. Reference page.
Cowan C. F., 1965. Comment on the proposed designation of a type species for Pithecops Horsfield, 1828. Z.N (S.) 1675. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 22(4):209. Reference page.
Fruhstorfer, H., 1919. Revision der Artengruppe Pithecops auf Grund der Morphologie der Klammerorgane. Archiv fur Naturgeschichte 83 (A) (1): 77-84. Reference page.
Hemming, A. F., 1965. Pithecops Horsfield [1828] (Insecta, Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae): proposed designation of a type species under the plenary powers. Z.N.(S.) 1675. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 22(1):69-71. 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.
Horsfield, T. 1828–1829. A descriptive catalogue of the lepidopterous insects in the museum of the Honourable East India Company. 144 pp., 8 pls. London. BHL text, plates. Reference page.
ICZN. Opinion 822, 1967. Pithecops Horsfield, [1828] designation of a type species under the plenary powers. Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 24(4):216-217. Reference page.
Röber, J., 1891. Beitrag zur kenntniss der Indo-Australischen lepidopteren fauna. Tijdschr. Ent. 34: 261-334. Reference page.

Pithecops is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae erected by Thomas Horsfield in 1828.

Species include:[1]

Pithecops hylax Horsfield 1828 - forest Quaker
Pithecops fulgens Doherty 1889 - blue Quaker
Pithecops mariae de Nicéville, 1894 Sumatra, Borneo.
Pithecops dionisius (Boisduval, 1832) Moluccas, New Guinea, Bismarck Archipelage, Solomon Islands
Pithecops phoenix (Röber, 1886) Celebes
Pithecops corvus Fruhstorfer, 1919

References

Savela, Markku (December 25, 2018). "Pithecops Horsfield, [1828]". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved January 14, 2020.