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Archeuptychia cluena
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Archeuptychia

Forster, 1964
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A. cluena
Binomial name
Archeuptychia cluena
(Drury, 1782)

Archeuptychia is a monotypic genus of satyrid butterfly. Its sole member, Archeuptychia cluena is found in Brazil.[1] The original name of this species was Papilio cluena as described by Drury (1782),[2] while the genus itself was created by Forster (1964).[3]

References

  1. ^ Markku Savela's website on Lepidoptera. Page on genus Archeuptychia.
  2. ^ Drury, D. (1782). "Illustrations of Natural History. Wherein are exhibited up- wards of two hundred and forty figures of exotic insects, according to their different genera; very few of which have hitherto been figured by any author, being engraved and coloured from nature, with the greatest accuracy, and under the author's own inspection, on fifty copper- plates. With a particular description of each insect: interspersed with remarks and reflections on the nature and properties of many of them". London, B. White. 1–3.
  3. ^ Forster, W. (1964). "Beiträge zur Kenntnis der Insektenfauna Boliviens XIX. Lepidoptera III. Satyridae". Veröffentlichungen der zoologischen Staatssammlung München. 8: 51–188.