Aloeides damarensis

Aloeides damarensis as Zeritis damarensis, from Trimen, 1904.

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: Aloeides
Species: Aloeides damarensis
Subspecies: (2)
A. d. damarensis – A. d. mashona

Name

Aloeides damarensis (Trimen, 1891).

Type locality: South West Africa: Omaramba.

Holotype ♂, "Omatako, i.1888 (A. W. Eriksson), (depository unknown)".

Synonymy

• Zeritis molomo ♀ "variety A" Trimen, 1887: 206.
• Zeritis damarensis Trimen, 1891: 90, pl. 9, fig. 17 ♂.
• Zeritis damarensis var. Trimen, 1904: 240, pl. 19, figs 5, 5a & 5b.
• Phasis damarensis punctata (ab.) Aurivillius, 1924: 427.
• Aloeides damarensis (Trimen); Clark & Dickson, 1971: 232–233, pl. 108, figs 1, 1a-5.
• Aloeides damarensis damarensis (Trimen); Tite & Dickson, 1975: 256, Pl. 2, figs 84, 85, 101 and 102; Pl. 3, figs 105-107, 122-124.

References

• Aurivillius, C. 1908–1925. In: Seitz, A., 1908–25. Die Großschmetterlinge des Afrikanischen Faunengebietes. Grossschmetterlinge Erde 13: 1-613, pls. 1-80. Reference page. 
• Clark, G.C., & Dickson, C.G.C., 1971. Life Histories of the South African Lycaenid Butterflies. xvi, 272 pp. Purnell and Sons, Cape Town. Reference page. 
• Tite, G.E. & Dickson, C.G.C. 1975. The genus Aloeides and allied genera (Lepidoptera:Lycaenidae). Bull. Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Entomology). 29 (5): 225–280, 5 pls, 32 text figs. text, plates. Reference page. 
• Trimen, R., 1887. In Trimen, R. & Bowker, J.H. South-African butterflies: a monograph of the extra-tropical species. Vol. 2: Erycinidae and Lycaenidae. vi + 242 pp., pls 7–9 London. Reference page. 
• Trimen, R., 1891. On butterflies collected in tropical south-western Africa by Mr A.W. Eriksson. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1891: 59–107, pls 8, 9. BHL text, plates. Reference page. 
• Trimen, R. 1904. On some new or imperfectly-known forms of South-African butterflies. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1904: 231–246, pls 19, 20. Reference page. 

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