Allosmaitia

Life-forms

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: Allosmaitia
Species: (5) per Lamas, 2004.
A. coelebs – A. fidena – A. myrtusa – A. piplea – A. strophius
Name

Allosmaitia Clench, [1964]: 254.

Type Species: Thecla coelebs Herrich-Schäffer, 1862: 142. Cuba.
References

Clench, H.K., [1964]. A Synopsis of the West Indian Lycaenidae, with Remarks on their Zoogeography. Journal of Research on the Lepidoptera 2(4): 247–270. PDF Reference page.
Herrich-Schäffer, G.A.W. 1862–1863. Schmetterlinge aus Cuba. [6 issues]. Correspondenz-blatt des Zoologisch-mineralogischen Vereins in Regensburg (1862) 16: 118–120, 141–143, 156–157, 174–180; (1863) 17: 138–143 (1863). Reference page.
Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page.

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Butterflies of America

Allosmaitia is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species are found in the Neotropical realm.[1]
Species

Allosmaitia coelebs (Herrich-Schäffer, 1862)
Allosmaitia fidena (Hewitson, 1867)
Allosmaitia piplea (Godman & Salvin, 1896)
Allosmaitia strophius (Godart, [1824])
Allosmaitia myrtusa (Hewitson, 1867)

References

"Allosmaitia Clench, 1964" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms