MCZbase MCZ:Ent:26223 specimen record

Current Identification

Cyanophrys pseudolongula (Clench, 1944)

Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Lepidoptera Glossata Heteroneura Papilionoidea Lycaenidae Theclinae Eumaeini

on 2021-06-10

Nature of ID: revised taxonomy

Previous Identification

Thecla pseudolongula Clench, 1944

Animalia Arthropoda Hexapoda Insecta Pterygota Lepidoptera Glossata Heteroneura Papilionoidea Lycaenidae Theclinae Theclini

Determiner: Harry K. Clench in 1944

Nature of ID: type ID

Clench 1944, page 235, Holotype of Thecla pseudolongula Clench, 1944

Shows Publication: Clench 1944 Description: MCZ Bulletin Vol. XCIV no. 6

Part	Condition	Disposition	Count
whole animal (pinned)	unknown	on loan	1	History (5)
Remarks: Located at AMNH in October 2018 by S. Rab Green. -RLHS

Attribute	Value	Determination	On
sex	Male	By: Harry K. Clench
collection	A. G. Weeks Collection	By: Rachel L. Hawkins Sipe	2021-06-10
verbatim label transcription	Mapoto Thecla; Thecla pseudolongula Clench Holotype ♂; Ecuador; M.C.Z. HoloType 26223; A. G. Weeks Collection; Cyanophrys pseudolongula det. K. Johnson, 1981	By: Rachel L. Hawkins Sipe, Method: as seen in image on Butterflies of America	2021-06-10
	Remarks: semicolons separate labels

As of June 2021, specimen still at AMNH. Was likely loaned to Kurt Johnson in 1970s and not yet returned to MCZ. See correspondence in K. Johnson file. [RLHS, 2021-06-14]