Argyrophorus

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: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Satyrinae
Tribus: Satyrini
Subtribus: Pronophilina
Genus: Argyrophorus
Species: A. angusta – A. argenteus – A. blanchardi – A. gustavi – A. idealis – A. lamna – A. rubrostriata
Name

Argyrophorus Blanchard, 1852

Type species: Argyrophorus argenteus Blanchard, 1852
References

Cerdeña, J.A., Pyrcz, T.W. & Zacca, T. 2014. High Andean butterflies from southern Peru, I. Dry puna Satyrinae, with the description of two new taxa and three new records from Peru (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Revista peruana de biología 21(3): 213–222. DOI: 10.15381/rpb.v21i3.10894 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.
Matz, J. & Brower, A.V.Z. 2016. The South Temperate Pronophilina (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae): a phylogenetic hypothesis, redescriptions and revisionary notes. Zootaxa 4125(1): 1–108. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4125.1.1 Reference page.
Pyrcz, T.W., Cerdeña Gutiérrez, J. & Florczyk, K. 2019. Two remarkable new species of Argyrophorus Blanchard from the Peruvian high Andes (Lepidoptera, Nymphalidae, Satyrinae). Zootaxa 4656(2): 375–383. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4656.2.10. Reference page.
Pyrcz, T.W. & Wojtusiak, J, 2010. A new species of Argyrophorus Blanchard from northern Peru and considerations on the value of wing venation as a source of synapomorphies in some temperate Neotropical Satyrinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae). Genus 21(4): 605–613. Reference page.

Argyrophorus is a butterfly genus from the subfamily Satyrinae in the family Nymphalidae. It is distributed between Chile, Argentina and Perú. The systematic and circumscription of the genus is disputed.
Taxonomy and systematics

Type species by monotypy is Argyrophorus argenteus Blanchard, 1852.[1] Lamas recognised four species in the Neotropics, including the type species and three undescribed species.[2]

Several species of southern temperate satyrinae have been assigned initially to the genus Argyrophorus, but taxonomic work during the 1950s and 1960s placed many of these in distinct genera.[3][4][5][6][7] The recent description of a new species, with two distinct subspecies, raised the question of the validity of those genera (Neomaniola, Pampasatyrus, Pamperis, Punargenteus, Etcheverrius, Palmaris, Stuardosatyrus, Chilanella and Pseudocercyonis), but did not provided a resolved and conclusive synonymy for the group.[8]

Traditionally Argyrophorus has been considered a representative of the subtribe Pronophilina, but Viloria found it to be closer related to the Hypocystina.[9] This later arrangement has been challenged by phylogenetic analysis based on molecular data.[10][11]
References

Blanchard (1852) Hist. fís. pol. Chile 7:30
Gerardo Lamas 2004 Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. CheckList: Part 4A Hesperioidea-Papilionoidea Scientific Publishers.
G. Weymer 1912 "4 familie: Satyridae", In: A. Seitz. (Eds.) Die Gross-Schmetterlinge der erde, 2; exotische fauna A. Kernen, Stuttgart.
K. J. Hayward 1949 "Satíridos argentinos nuevos para la ciencia (Lep. Satyridae)" Acta Zool. Lill. 8: 151-159.
K. J. Hayward 1953 "Satíridos argentinos (Lep. Rhop. Satyridae) I. Los géneros (excluídos euptychia y Neomaniola)" Acta zool. Lill. 13: 5-66.
W. Heimlich 1959 "Eine neue Satyridae aus Chile" Entomol. Zeitschr. 69: 173-179.
W. Heimlich 1963 "Die Gattung Argyrophorus Blanchard (Lep., Satyridae)" Mitt. Münch. entomol. Ges. 53: 70-79.
T.W. Pyrcz and J. Wojtusiak 2010 "A new species of Argyrophorus Blanchard from northern Peru and considerations on the value of wing venation as a source of synapomorphies in some temperate Neotropical Satyrinae (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae)" Genus 21: 605--613.
A.L. Viloria 2007 "Some Gondwanan and Laurasian elements in the satyrine fauna of South America (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae: Satyrinae)" Tropical Lepidoptera (2004)15: 53-55.
C. Peña , N. Wahlberg , E. Weingartner , U. Kodandaramaiah , S. Nylin , A.V.L. Freitas , and A.V.Z. Brower 2006 "Higher level phylogeny of Satyrinae butterflies (Lepidoptera: Nymphalidae) based on DNA sequence data" Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 40: 29--49.
N. Wahlberg, J. Leneveu , U. Kodandaramaiah , C. Peña , S. Nylin , A. V. L. Freitas , and A. V. Z. Brower 2009 "Nymphalid butterflies diversify following near demise at the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary" Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Series B Biological Sciences 276: 4295–4302.