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Rysops scintilla

Topic: Biology

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Short description: Species of butterfly

Rysops scintilla
Catochrysops scintilla Saalmüller 1884.png
Male upperside (7) and underside (8).
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Lycaenidae
Genus:
Rysops

Eliot, 1973
Species:
R. scintilla
Binomial name
Rysops scintilla
(Mabille, 1877)[1]
Synonyms[1]
  • Lycaena scintilla Mabille, 1877[2]
  • Catochrysops (Rysops) scintilla
  • Lycaena quadriocularis Saalmüller, 1884[3]

Rysops scintilla is a butterfly in the family Lycaenidae. It is the sole representative of the monotypic genus Rysops.[1] It is found on Madagascar ,[4] and its habitat consists of forests.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Savela, Markku. "Rysops Eliot, 1973". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/polyommatinae/rysops/. 
  2. ↑ Mabille, P. (1877). "[M. P. Mabile donne des diagnoses de quelques espèces nouvelles de Lépidoptères provenant de Madagascar"]. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France. Ser. 5 7: LXXII. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8244838. 
  3. ↑ Saalmüller, M. (1884). "Lycaena quadriocularis n. sp.". Lepidopteren von Madagascar. Frankfurt am Main. pp. 100–102. https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/9317366.  Taf. 1, fig. 7, 8.
  4. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)". http://atbutterflies.com/downloads/lycaenidae_polyommatini_1.doc. 

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