Theclinesthes

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: Theclinesthes
Species: T. albocincta – T. hesperia – T. miskini – T. onycha – T. petersi – T. serpentata – T. sulpitius
Name

Theclinesthes Röber, 1891

Type species: Plebeius eremicola Röber, 1891, by monotypy.
Synonyms

Utica Hewitson, [1865], by monotypy. Type species Utica onycha Hewitson, [1865], a junior homonym of Utica White, 1847.

Theclinesthes sulpitius

References

Hewitson, W. C., 1863-1878. Illustrations of diurnal Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae. London, van Vorst, x + 229 pp. etc.
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.
Röber, J., 1891. Beitrag zue kenntniss der Indo-Australischen lepidopteren fauna. Tijdschr. Ent. 34: 261–334.
Sibatani, A and Grund, R. B., 1978. A revision of the Theclinesthes onycha Complex (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Tyô to Ga, 29(1): 1–34.
Tennent, W.J., 2005: Some new records of butterflies (Lepidoptera: Papilionoidea) from New Caledonia, including a new species of Theclinesthes (Lycaenidae). Futao 49: 6–8.

Theclinesthes is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Australasian realm.
Species

Theclinesthes albocincta (Waterhouse, 1903)
Theclinesthes eremicola (Röber, 1891)
Theclinesthes hesperia Sibatani & Grund, 1978
Theclinesthes miskini (Lucas, 1889)
Theclinesthes onycha (Hewitson, 1865)
Theclinesthes serpentata (Herrich-Schäffer, 1869)
Theclinesthes sulpitius (Miskin, 1890)

References

"Theclinesthes Röber, 1891" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms