Aloeides 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: Aphnaeinae
Genus: Aloeides
Species: Aloeides penningtoni

Name

Aloeides penningtoni Tite & Dickson, 1968.

Type locality: South Africa, Natal.

Holotype: ♂ BMNH: "Natal, Gillitts, Durban i.xii.1921 (Dr. L. G. Higgins), Type No. Rh. 18566".
Allotype ♀ BMNH: "Natal: no further detail, Type No. Rh. 18567".

Synonymy

Aloeides penningtoni Tite & Dickson, 1968: 380, pl. 5, figs. 101, 102, 114, 115; Henning, 1993: 148.
Aloeides natalensis Tite & Dickson, 1968: 380, pl. 5, figs. 93, 94, 106, 107. Synonymised by Henning, 1987: 242.

References

Henning, G. A., 1987. Notes on the Aloeides penningtoni complex from South Africa (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae) with descriptions of three new species. J. ent. Soc. S. Afr. 50(1): 241–248. Reference page.
Henning, G.A. 1993. Revisional notes on the genus Aloeides Hubner (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Metamorphosis 4 (4): 144–155. Full issue PDF. Reference page.
Tite, G.E. & Dickson, C.G.C. 1968. The Aloeides thyra complex (Lepidoptera: Lycaenidae). Bull. Br. Mus. Nat. Hist. (Ent) 21 (7): 367–388, 8 pls, 4 text figs. text, plates. Reference page.