Bowkeria phosphor

Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola 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
Genus: Bowkeria
Species: Bowkeria phosphor
Subspecies: B. p. borealis –B. p. phosphor

Name

Bowkeria phosphor Trimen, 1864.

Type locality: "Bashee River, Kaffraria"; Africa; Eastern Cape Province, Natal.

Typus: Neallotype: ♂ Stutterheim, Cape Province, 22/8/1964.

Synonymy

♦ Zeritis Phosphor Trimen, 1864: 178.
♦ Bowkeria phosphor phosphor [Trimen]; Quickelberge, 1972: 91; Bridges, 1994: VIII.371, IX.18; Ackery et al., 1995: 575.

References

• Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.R. & Vane-Wright, R.I. (Editors), 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies: An annotated Catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London, U.K.: i–xi, 1–803. Open Library. Reference page. 
• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Quickelberge, C. D., 1972. A study of Poecilmitis phosphor (Trimen) (Lycaenidae: Lepidoptera). Entomologist's Record and Journal of Variation 84(4): 85-94, 1 Fig. Reference page. 
• Trimen, R. 1864. Descriptions of some new species of Butterflies found in Southern Africa. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3)2: 175-180. Reference page.