Pseudochrysops

Pseudochrysops is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. This genus is monotypic, consisting of only one species, Pseudochrysops bornoi, which is found on Haiti, Puerto Rico and Cuba.

Pseudochrysops
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Pseudochrysops
Nabokov, 1945[1]
Species:
P. bornoi
Binomial name
Pseudochrysops bornoi
(Comstock & Huntington, 1943)
Synonyms

Hemiargus bornoi Comstock & Huntington, 1943

Subspecies

  • Pseudochrysops bornoi bornoi (Haiti)
  • Pseudochrysops bornoi ecobioi Schwartz, 1987 (Puerto Rico)
  • Pseudochrysops bornoi yateritas Smith & Hernández, 1992 (Cuba)

References

  1. Pseudochrysops at funet.fi


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