Thaumaina

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: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Thaumaina
Species: T. aquamarina – T. uranothauma
Name

Thaumaina Bethune-Baker, 1908.

Type species: Thaumaina uranothauma Bethune-Baker, 1908, by original designation.
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.
Hirowatari, T. 1992. A generic classification of the tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian regions (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae). Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture (B) 44 (Suppl.) PDF. Reference page.
Parsons, M.J. 1998. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea xvi+736pp., 136 pls. Academic Press, London, ISBN 0125455550. Reference page.
Schröder, S. & E.L. Warikar, 2018. A new species of Thaumaina (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae) from the Star Mountains and Jayawijaya Mountains in eastern Papua (Indonesia). Suara Serangga Papua (SUGAPA digital) 11(1): 1-5. Reference page.
Wind, R. G. & Clench H. K., 1945. Notes on the genus Thaumaina (Lepidoptera: Lycaeaidae). Pan-Pacific Entomologist 21(1):14-16. Reference page.

Thaumaina is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.[1][2][3] It is monotypic, containing the single species Thaumaina uranothauma.
References

Bethune-Baker, G. T. (June 1908), "Descriptions of new Species of Butterflies of the Division Rhopalocera from Africa and from New Guinea", Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 78 (1): 110–126, doi:10.1111/j.1096-3642.1908.tb01838.x
Hirowatari, Toshiya (July 1, 1992), "A Generic Classification of the Tribe Polyommatini of the Oriental and Australian Regions : Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae, Polyommatinae", Bulletin of the University of Osaka Prefecture. Ser. B, Agriculture and Biology., B, Agriculture and biology, University of Osaka Prefecture, 44 (supplement): 1–102, hdl:10466/3326
Parsons, Michael (1998), The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea: Their Systematics and Biology, Princeton University Press, ISBN 978-0-12-545555-8