Teratophthalma

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: Eurybiini
Subtribus: Mesosemiina
Genus: Teratophthalma
Species: T. axilla – T. bacche – T. maenades – T. monochroma – T. phelina
Name

Teratophthalma Stichel, 1909: 1.

Type species: Mesosemia phelina C.Felder & R. Felder, 1862: 411.
References

Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1861. Lepidoptera nova Columbiae, diagnosibus collustrata. Wiener entomologische Monatschrift 5(3): 72–87; (4): 97-111; [1862] 6(12): 409-427. BHL1, BHL2, BHL3. 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.
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.
Stichel, H. 1909-1910. Vorarbeiten zu einer Revision der Riodinidae Grote (Erycinidae Swains). (Lep. Rhop.) I-III. Berliner Entomologischer Zeitschrift [1909] 53(3/4): 254-275; 54(1/2): 1-48; [1910] 55(1/2): 9–103. BHL1, BHL2, BHL3. Reference page.

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