- Itylos (butterfly)
:"Itylos" as defined by
Vladimir Nabokov in 1945 is nowadays "Madeleinea .Taxobox
name = "Itylos"
regnum =Animal ia
phylum =Arthropod a
subphylum =Hexapoda
classis =Insect a
ordo =Lepidoptera
unranked_familia =Rhopalocera
superfamilia =Papilionoidea
familia =Lycaenidae
subfamilia =Polyommatinae
genus = "Itylos"
genus_authority = Draudt in Seitz, 1921
synonyms ="Ithylos" Forster, 1955 ("lapsus ")
"Ityloides" Balletto, 1993
"Parachilades" Nabokov, 1945"Itylos" is a
butterfly genus in the familyLycaenidae . There has been confusion regarding the correct name; the present genus was discussed in 1945 by the famouslepidopterologist and authorVladimir Nabokov as "Parachilades" but had been described already in 1921. Nabokov used the name "Itylos" for the genus which nowadays is known as "Madeleinea ".
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