Periplacis

Life-forms

Superregnum: Eukaryota
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: Riodinidae
Subfamilia: Riodininae
Tribus: Nymphidiini
Subtribus: Nymphidiina
Genus: Periplacis
Species: P. aldasi – P. apotheta – P. cicuta – P. clotho – P. coruscans – P. felsina – P. glaucoma – P. hebrus – P. homerus – P. laobotas – P. menander – P. nitida – P. perisama – P. pretus – P. splendida – P. thalassicus
Name

Periplacis Geyer, 1837

Type species: Periplacis glaucoma Geyer, 1837
Synonymy

Tharops Hübner, [1819] (synonymized by Hall, 2018: 562)
Menander Hemming, 1939 (synonymized by Hall, 2018: 562)

References
Primary references

Geyer, C.M., [1832-37] in Hübner, J., 1808 - 1837. Zuträge zur Sammlung Exotischer Schmettelinge. Augsburg. By Geyer after Hübner's death: Vol.1, Vol.2, Vol.3, Vol.4, Vol.5. 172 pls. Reference page.

Additional references

Hall, J.P.W. 2018. A Monograph of the Nymphidiina (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae: Nymphidiini) Phylogeny, Taoxonomy, Biology and Biogeography. ISBN 978-0-692-98754-4. The Entomological Society of Washington. 1-990. Reference page.
Hall, J.P.W. & Ahrenholz, D.H. 2020. A new mimetic species of Periplacis (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae: Nymphidiini) from the eastern Andes of Ecuador. Tropical lepidoptera Research 30(1): 52-55. Reference page.
Hemming, A. F. 1939. Notes on the generic nomenclature of the Lepidoptera Rhopalocera, I. Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London (B)8: 39, 133-138. Reference page.
Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol. 5A. Association for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439p. Reference page.