Psychonotis

Psychonotis is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae. The species of this genus are found in the Australasian realm.

Psychonotis
Psychonotis eudocia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Lycaenidae
Subfamily: Polyommatinae
Tribe: Polyommatini
Genus: Psychonotis
Toxopeus, 1930

Species

  • Psychonotis brownii (Druce & Bethune-Baker, 1893)
  • Psychonotis caelius (C. & R. Felder, 1860)
  • Psychonotis eleanor Tennent, 1999
  • Psychonotis eudocia (H. H. Druce and Bethune-Baker, 1893)
  • Psychonotis finisterre C.J. Müller, 2003
  • Psychonotis hebes (Druce, 1904)
  • Psychonotis hymetus (C. Felder, 1860)
  • Psychonotis julie Tennent, 1999
  • Psychonotis kruera (Druce, 1891)
  • Psychonotis marginalis C.J. Müller, 2003
  • Psychonotis melane (Joicey & Talbot, 1916)
  • Psychonotis parsonsi C.J. Müller, 2003
  • Psychonotis piepersii (Snellen, 1878)
  • Psychonotis purpurea (Druce, [1903])
  • Psychonotis slithyi Tennent, 1999
  • Psychonotis waihuru Tennent, 1999

References

  • Felder, C. and Felder, R., 1860 [1859]. Lepidopterologische Fragmenta. Parts 4 and 5. Wien ents. Monats. 4: 225-251, 2 pls., 394-402, 2 pls.
  • 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, Ser B, Vol. 44, Suppl.
  • Müller, C.J., 2003: Three new species of Psychonotis Toxopeus (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from Papua New Guinea. Australian Entomologist 30 (4): 159-165.
  • Tennent, W.J., 1999: The genus Psychonotis Toxopeus in the Solomon Islands, with descriptions of five new taxa (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Australian Entomologist 26 (4): 115-123.
  • Toxopeus, L. J., 1930. De soorte als functie van Plaats en Tijd, 198 pp., 4 pls. Amsterdam.


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