Pistoria

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: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Pistoria
Species: P. nigropunctata
Name

Pistoria Hemming, 1964.

Type species: Mambara nigropunctata Bethune-Baker, 1908.
Synonyms

Mambara Bethune-Baker, (vii) 1908. Type Species: mambara nigropunctata Bethune-Baker, by original designation. Mambara is a junior homonym of the Limacodid name Mambara Bethune-Baker, (vi) 1908.

References

Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1908. Descriptions of butterflies of the Division Rhopalocera from Africa and from New Guinea. Proceedings of the zoological Society, London 1908: 110–126, 2 pls. BHL. Reference page.
Hemming, A. F., 1964. Introduction, as replacements for names invalid under the Law of Homonymy, of names for two genera of the family Lycaenidae. Annotationes Lepidopterologicae 4: 141–142. Reference page.
Hirowatari, T., 1992. A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae). Bull. Univ. Osaka Pref., Ser B, Vol. 44, Suppl.
Parsons, M., 1999. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea Academic Press, ISBN 0-12-55555-0
Tite, G. E., 1962. The geographical distribution of Mambara nigropunctata Bethune-Baker (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Entomologist 95: 127–130.

Pistoria is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The single species of this monotypic genus, Pistoria nigropunctata, is found in New Guinea (Australasian realm).
Subspecies

P. n. nigropunctata (south-western New Guinea: Upper Waria Ranges, Papua New Guinea: Mambare)
P. n. siwiensis Tite, 1962 (West Irian: Mount Siwi)
P. n. weylandia Tite, 1962 (West Irian: Weyland Mountains)
P. n. aroa Tite, 1962 (southern Papua New Guinea: Aroa)
P. n. fracta Tite, 1962 (New Guinea: Rawlinson Mountains)
P. n. kratke Tite, 1962 (New Guinea: Kratke Mountains)

References

Pistoria at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and some other life forms