Melanolycaena

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Ecdysozoa
Cladus: Panarthropoda
Phylum: Arthropoda
Subphylum: Hexapoda
Classis: Insecta
Cladus: Dicondylia
Subclassis: Pterygota
Cladus: Metapterygota
Infraclassis: Neoptera
Cladus: Eumetabola
Cladus: Endopterygota
Superordo: Panorpida
Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera
Ordo: Lepidoptera
Subordo: Glossata
Cladus: Coelolepida
Cladus: Myoglossata
Cladus: Neolepidoptera
Infraordo: Heteroneura
Cladus: Eulepidoptera
Cladus: Ditrysia
Cladus: Apoditrysia
Cladus: Obtectomera
Superfamilia: Papilionoidea

Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Lycaeninae
Genus: Melanolycaena
Species: M. altimontana – M. thecloides
Name

Melanolycaena Sibatani, 1974: 95.

References

Sibatani, A. 1974: A new genus for two new species of Lycaeninae (S. STR.) (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) from Papua New Guinea. Australian Journal of Entomology 13 (2): 95–110. DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-6055.1974.tb02161.x Open access. Reference page.

Melanolycaena is a genus of butterflies in the family Lycaenidae.[1]
References

ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/papilionoidea/lycaenidae/lycaeninae/melanolycaena/index.html