Cnodontes penningtoni

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
Subfamilia: Poritiinae
Tribus: Liptenini
Subtribus: Liptenina
Genus: Cnodontes
Species: Cnodontes penningtoni

Name

Cnodontes penningtoni Bennett, 1954.

Type locality: Botswana: “Cape Province, Lobatzi”. [Lobatsi is in Botswana, not RSA].

Holotype: tbc.

Synonymy

• Cnodontes penningtoni Bennett, 1954: 171; Bridges, 1994: VIII.362; Williams, 2007: Liptenina 142.
• Cnodontes vansoni Stempffer and Bennett, 1956: 115. TL: South Africa: “Salt Pan, Pretoria”. HT: ♂ DNMNH. Synonimised by Henning & Henning, 2004: 50.

References

• Bennett, N.H. 1954. Two new species of Lycaenidae from south east Africa. Entomologist 87: 170–173. Reference page. 
• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Henning, G.A. & Henning, S.F., 2004. A review of the liptenid Teriomima Kirby genus group (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae: Poritiinae) with descriptions of a new genus, a new subgenus, ten new species and four new subspecies. Metamorphosis 15 (1): 3–61. Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H. & Bennett, N.H. 1956. Notes on the South African genus Cnodontes. Entomologist 89: 114–116. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.