Pseudolycaena

Pseudolycaena
Pseudolycaena marsyas, Brasil
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Theclinae
Tribe:	Eumaeini
Genus:	Pseudolycaena Wallengren, 1858

Pseudolycaena damo, Guatemala

Pseudolycaena is a genus of hairstreaks in the butterfly family Lycaenidae. There are at two described species in Pseudolycaena found in Mexico, Central America, and South America, according to research published in 2019. ^{[1] [2]}

Species

These species belong to the genus Pseudolycaena: ^{[1] [2]}

• Pseudolycaena damo (H. Druce, 1875) (Mexico to Panama, else disjunct Ecuador to Peru)
• Pseudolycaena marsyas (Linnaeus, 1758) (South America)

From one to five species have been classified in this genus in the past, ^[3] but phylogenetic analyses published in 2019 could not confirm the validity of more than two species, and excluded Pseudolycaena cybele, Pseudolycaena dorcas, and Pseudolycaena nellyae. ^{[2] [4] [5]}

References

1. Martins, Ananda Regina Pereira; Duarte, Marcelo; Robbins, Robert K. (2019). "Evolution of male secondary sexual organs in hairstreak butterflies (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)". Cladistics. 35: 173–197. doi:10.1111/cla.12355 . Retrieved 2024-02-22.
2. Martins, Ananda Regina Pereira; Duarte, Marcelo; Robbins, Robert K. (2019). "Phylogenetic Classification of the Atlides Section of the Eumaeini (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae)". Zootaxa. 4563. doi:10.11646/zootaxa.4563.1.6 . Retrieved 2024-12-06.
3. Austin, George T.; Miller, Lee D.; Miller, Jacqueline Y. (2007). "Taxonomic Comments on Pseudolycaena Wallengren (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Theclinae: Eumaeini)" (PDF). Bulletin of the Allyn Museum, Florida Museum of Natural History. 149. ISSN   0097-3211 . Retrieved 2024-12-07.
4. Savela, Markku. "Lepidoptera and some other life forms, Pseudolycaena Wallengren, 1858" . Retrieved 2024-12-07.
5. "Catalogue of Life, Pseudolycaena Wallengren, 1858" . Retrieved 2024-12-07.

External links

• Citizen science observations for Pseudolycaena at iNaturalist

Pseudolycaena marsyas, Brasil