Mitoura

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: Callophrys
Subgenus: Mitoura
Species: (10)
C. (M.) dospassosi – C. (M.) estela – C. (M.) gryneus – C. (M.) guatemalena – C. (M.) hesseli – C. (M.) johnsoni – C. (M.) loki – C. (M.) muiri – C. (M.) nelsoni – C. (M.) spinetorum – C. (M.) thornei
Name

Mitoura Scudder, 1872: 52 et Errata.

Type Species: Thecla smilacis Boisduval & Leconte, [1833]: 107, pl. 33, figs 5-7 = Callophrys gryneus Hübner, [1819].
Synonymy

Mitouri Scudder, 1872: 52. Incorrect Original Spelling of Mitoura.

References

Hemming, A. F., 1967. The generic names of the butterflies and their type species (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History) 1967, Suppl. 9: 1-509.Reference page.
Johnson, K., 1976: Three new nearctic species of Callophrys (Mitoura) with a diagnosis of all nearctic consubgeners (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bulletin of the Allyn Museum 38: 1–30. Full article: [1].
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.