Polycaena

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: Riodinidae
Subfamilia: Nemeobiinae
Tribus: Nemeobiini
Subtribe: Nemeobiina
Genus: Polycaena
Species: P. carmelita – P. chauchowensis – P. kansuensis – P. lama – P. lua – P. matuta – P. minor – P. princeps – P. sejila – P. tamerlana – P. timur – P. wangjiaqii – P. wolongensis – P. yunnana
Name

Polycaena Staudinger, 1886: 227.

Type species: Polycaena tamerlana Staudinger, 1886: 227, by monotypy. See Hemming, 1967: 368.
References
Primary references

Staudinger, O., 1886-1889. Centralasiatische Lepidopteren. Entomologische Zeitung 47: 193-215, 225-256; 48:49-102; 49:1-64; 50:16-60. Reference page.

Additional references

Forster, W. 1951: Die Riodiniden der Ausbeuten Dr. Hönes aus China. Zeitschrift der Wiener Entomologischen Gesellschaft 36: 62–66. PDF. Reference page.
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.
Huang, H. & Li, Y-F. 2016. Notes on the genus Polycaena Staudinger (Lepidoptera: Riodinidae) with descriptions of two new species from China. Zootaxa 4105(6): 575–590. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4105.6.4. Reference page.

Vernacular names
中文: 小蜆蝶屬

Polycaena is a genus of butterflies of the subfamily Nemeobiinae within the family Riodinidae. The genus was erected by Otto Staudinger in 1886. The species are found in the eastern Palearctic, mainly in the Himalayas.[3]

Cladogram from the Catalogue of Life:

Polycaena

Polycaena aestivalis     Polycaena attila     Polycaena banghaasi     Polycaena carmelita     Polycaena chauchowensis     Polycaena helcha     Polycaena kansuensis     Polycaena lama     Polycaena lua     Polycaena matuta     Polycaena minor     Polycaena pallidior     Polycaena princeps     Polycaena tamerlana     Polycaena temir     Polycaena timur

 
References

Savela, Markku. "Polycaena Staudinger, 1886". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved November 12, 2018.
Staudinger, O. (1886). "Centralasiatische Lepidopteren". Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung. 47: 227.
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.