Timaeta

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: Theclinae
Tribus: Eumaeini
Genus: Timaeta
Species: (2) per Bálint, Kertész & Wojtusiak, 2010.
T. christina – T. timaeus
Name

Timaeta Johnson, Kruse & Kroenlein, 1997

Type species: Pseudolycaena timaeus Felder, C. & R. Felder, 1865ː 248.
References

Bálint, Zs., Kertész, K. & Wojtusiak, J., 2010. Notes on the high Andean cloud forest butterfly genus Jagiello and its relatives with description of a new species from Peru (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Annales historico-naturales Musei nationalis hungarici 102: 119–142. PDF. Reference page.
Felder, C. & Felder, R. 1865–75. Lepidoptera. In Reise der Osterreichischen Fregatte Novara um die Erde in der Jahren 1857, 1858, 1859 under den Befehlen Commadore B. von Wüllerstorf-Urbair. Zoologischer Theil. Zweiter Band: Abtheilung. Vienna, 549 pp., 140 pls. Text. Plates. Reference page.
Johnson, Kruse & Kroenlein, 1997. The Macusiina, a new infratribe of the Eumaeini with description of the new genera (Lycaenidae). Revista de Theclinae colombianos 2(13): 1–39. Reference page.
Lamas, G. 2004. (ed.) Checklist: Part 4A. Hesperioidea - Papilionoidea. In Heppner, J.B. (ed.) Atlas of Neotropical Lepidoptera. Vol.5A, Pt.4A. Assn. for Tropical Lepidoptera/Scientific Publishers, Gainesville. 439pp. Reference page.
Robbins & Busby, 2008. Phylogeny, taxonomy, and sympatry of Timaeta (Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini): an Andean montane forest endemic. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 151(2): 205-233, 75 figs., 2 tabs. (1 December). Reference page.

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

Timaeta aepea (Hewitson, 1874)
Timaeta balzabamba (Goodson, 1945)
Timaeta christina Robbins & Busby, 2008
Timaeta cospata Robbins & Busby, 2008
Timaeta eronos (Druce, 1890)
Timaeta gabriela Busby & Robbins, 2008
Timaeta matthewi Busby & Robbins, 2008
Timaeta molinopampa (Bálint & Wojtusiak, 2000)
Timaeta pilosa Robbins & Busby, 2008
Timaeta roberti Busby & Robbins, 2008
Timaeta romero Robbins & Busby, 2008
Timaeta timaeus (C. & R.Felder, 1865)
Timaeta trochus (Druce, 1907)
Timaeta walkeri Robbins & Busby, 2008
Timaeta werneri (Salazar, Vélez, Cardona & Johnson, 1997)

External links

"Timaeta Johnson, Kruse & Kroenlein, 1997" at Markku Savela's Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms