Axiocerses

Axiocerses harpax

Taxonavigation

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: Aphnaeinae
Genus: Axiocerses
Species: A. amanga – A. argenteomaculata – A. bambana – A. bamptoni – A. callaghani – A. coalescens – A. collinsi – A. croesus – A. harpax – A. heathi – A. karinae – A. kiellandi – A. maureli – A. melanica – A. punicea – A. styx – A. susanae – A. tjoane

Name

Axiocerses Hübner, 1819: 71.

Type species: Papilio perion Stoll, 1781 (=Papilio harpax Fabricius, 1775), by monotypy.

Synonymy

• Chrysorychia Wallengren, 1857: 44; see Stempffer, 1967: 166. Type-species: Papilio thyra Linnaeus, by subsequent designation of Scudder, 1875: 142.
• Chrysorychia Wallengren, 1858: 80. Type-species: Papilio thyra Linnaeus, by original designation. [Invalid; junior homonym and junior objective synonym of Chrysorychia Wallengren, 1857].

References

• Henning, G. A. & Henning, S. F., 1996. A review of the genus Axiocerses Hübner (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae), with descriptions of nine new species and three new subspecies. Metamorphosis: Occasional Supplement 1, 48pp. (PDF) Reference page. 

• Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Wallengren, H.D.J. 1857. Lepidoptera Rhopalocera, in Terra Caffrorum annis 1838–1845 collecta a J.A. Wahlberg. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar (n.s.) 2(4): 55 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Wallengren, H.D.J. 1858. Nova Genera Lepidopterorum. Översigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Forhandlingar 15: 75–84. Archive. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.  pdf.

Links

• Type images: MRAC.