Rysops

Rysops
Male upperside (7) and underside (8)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Rysops
Eliot, 1973
Species:
R. scintilla'
Binomial name
Rysops scintilla'
(Mabille, 1877)
Synonyms
  • Lycaena scintilla Mabille, 1877
  • Catochrysops (Rysops) scintilla
  • Lycaena quadriocularis Saalmüller, 1884

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

References

  1. 1 2 3 Savela, Markku. "Rysops Eliot, 1973". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved August 11, 2019.
  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.
  3. ↑ Saalmüller, M. (1884). "Lycaena quadriocularis n. sp.". Lepidopteren von Madagascar. Frankfurt am Main. pp. 100–102.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) Taf. 1, fig. 7, 8.
  4. ↑ "Afrotropical Butterflies: Lycaenidae - Tribe Polyommatini (part 1)". Archived from the original on 2013-12-13. Retrieved 2012-07-06.