Erysichton is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Australasian realm.
| Erysichton | |
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| Erysichton palmyra figures 28 and 29 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Lycaenidae |
| Subfamily: | Polyommatinae |
| Tribe: | Polyommatini |
| Genus: | Erysichton Fruhstorfer, 1916[1] |
Etymology edit
The genus is named after the mythological figure of Erysichthon of Thessaly.
Species edit
- Erysichton lineatus (Murray, 1874)
Former species edit
Two species of Erysichton were transferred to the new genus Jameela, leaving only the species Erysichton lineatus. (Grund 2010)
- Erysichton albiplaga is now known as Jameela albiplaga (Tite, 1963)
- Erysichton palmyra is now known as Jameela palmyra (Felder, 1860)
References edit
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Wikispecies has information related to Erysichton.
- ^ Erysichton at Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera
- Eliot, J.N. 1973: The higher classification of the Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera): a tentative arrangement. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology, 28: 371-505. BHL
- Fruhstorfer, H., 1916. Nacaduba Artengruppe Erysichton. Zool. Meded. 2: 137.
- Grund, R. & R. Eastwood 2010: New Australian butterfly genus Jameela gen. nov. (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Polyommatinae: Polyommatini) revealed by morphological, ecological and molecular data. Entomological Science 13 (1): 134-143. DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-8298.2010.00368.x. Abstract: [1][dead link].
- 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.)
- Parsons, M., 1999. The Butterflies of Papua New Guinea Academic Press, ISBN 0-12-545555-0
- Tite, G.E. 1963: A synonymic list of the genus Nacaduba and allied genera (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), entomology, 13(4): 67-116, plates 1,2.