Argyraspodes argyraspis

Argyraspodes argyraspis, ♂, ♀, from Trimen, 1873.

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: Argyraspodes
Species: Argyraspodes argyraspis

Name

Argyraspodes argyraspis (Trimen, 1873).

Type locality: RSA, Cape Province, between Somerset E and Murraysburg.

Syntypes: BMNH.

Synonymy

• Zeritis argyraspis Trimen, 1873: 114, pl. 1, figs 7, 8.
• Phasis argyraspis labuschagnei (form) van Son, 1959: 57. Botswana: “Nossob River bed, 10 miles north of Twee Rivieren”. Synonymy in Williams, 2008.
• Argyraspodes argyraspis (Trimen); Tite & Dickson, 1975: 233; Williams, 2008.

References

• 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., 1873. On some new species of butterflies discovered in extra-tropical Southern Africa. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London 1873: 101–124, pl.1. text, plate. Reference page. 
• van Son, G., 1959. On some butterflies of the Kalahari Gemsbok National Park, with descriptions of three new forms. Koedoe (2): 52-59. pdf. Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.