Archeuptychia

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Archeuptychia cluena

Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nymphalidae
Subfamily: Satyrinae
Genus: Archeuptychia
Forster, 1964
Species: 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 is Papilio cluena as described by Drury (1782)[2], while the genus itself was created by Forster (1964)[3].

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  1. ^ Marrku 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. 

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