Itylos (butterfly)

Itylos is a Neotropical butterfly genus in the family Lycaenidae. There has been confusion regarding the correct name; the present genus was discussed in 1945 by the famous lepidopterologist and author Vladimir Nabokov as Parachilades but had been described already in 1921. Nabokov used the name Itylos for the genus which nowadays is known as Madeleinea.

Itylos
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Lycaenidae
Subfamily:	Polyommatinae
Tribe:	Polyommatini
Genus:	Itylos Draudt in Seitz, 1921
Synonyms
Ithylos Forster, 1955 (lapsus) Ityloides Balletto, 1993 Parachilades Nabokov, 1945

Species

• Itylos fumosus (Balletto, 1993) Peru
• Itylos mashenka Bálint, 1993 – named after Nabokov's first novel Mashen'ka (Mary)
• Itylos mira Bálint & Lamas, 1999 Peru
• Itylos pasco Bálint & Lamas, 1994 Peru
• Itylos pnin Bálint, 1993Peru
• Itylos titicaca (Weymer, 1890) Peru, Bolivia ^[1]