Euphydryas phaeton (Drury, 1767)
Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.
Identity & source status
- Scientific name
- Euphydryas phaeton (Drury, 1767)
- Name authority
- (Drury, 1767)
- Rank
- species
- Accepted status
- accepted
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Nymphalidae
- Genus
- Euphydryas
- Extinction status
- Not supplied by this source
Classification family tree
Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.
- domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
- kingdomAnimalia
- phylumArthropoda
- subphylumHexapoda
- classInsecta
- orderLepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758
- superfamilyPapilionoidea
- familyNymphalidae
- subfamilyNymphalinae
- tribeMelitaeini
- genusEuphydryas Scudder, 1872
- speciesEuphydryas phaeton (Drury, 1767)
Close classified relatives
No other member of this genus is present in the selected snapshot.
Names & synonyms
Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.
| Recorded name | Source status |
|---|---|
| Euphydryas schausi Clark, 1927 Clark, 1927 | synonym |
| Melitaea phaethusa Hulst, 1881 Hulst, 1881 | synonym |
| Melitaea phaetontea Godart, 1819 Godart, 1819 | synonym |
| Euphydryas phaetana Hübner, 1818 Hübner, 1818 | synonym |
| Melitaea phaeton Drury, 1767 Drury, 1767 | synonym |
Source literature & publication evidence
References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.
- Drury. (1773). Illustrations of natural history; wherein are exhibited ... Figures of exotic insects, &c. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/125982#page/60/mode/2upSource fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references
Origins, evidence & remaining research
Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.
Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.
Dataset citation & attribution
This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11
Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.
Stable key: col:3CSHW. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.