Axiocerses bambana
Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Aphnaeinae
Genus: Axiocerses
Species: Axiocerses bambana
Subspecies: (3) [per Williams, 2008]
A. b. bambana –
A. b. nyika –
A. b. orichalcea
Name
[edit]Axiocerses bambana Grose-Smith, 1900.
Type locality: Tanzania: "Moyabamba, East Africa".
Holotype: not located.
Synonymy
[edit]- Axiocerses bambana Grose-Smith, 1900: 123, pl. 26, figs 10,11; Stempffer, 1967: 168; D'Abrera, 2009: 711.
- Axiocerses bambana pallida (form) Berger, 1981: 293, pl.205, fig.35. HT ♂ images.
- Axiocerses bambana Grose-Smith = A. tjoane. Larsen 1991:190.
- Axiocerses bambana bambana Grose-Smith; Henning & Henning, 1996: 16; Williams, 2008.
References
[edit]- D'Abrera, B., 2009. Butterflies of the Afrotropical Region, second edition, Part 3, Theclinae, Polyommatinae, Riodinidae. Hill House, Melbourne, London. 260pp. Reference page.
- Berger, L. A., 1981. Les Papillons du Zaire. Weissenbruch, Bruxelles, 543pp., 213 pls. Reference page.
- Grose-Smith, H. & Kirby, W.F. 1887–1902. Rhopalocera Exotica - being Illustrations of New, Rare and Unfigured Species of Butterflies 3 Vols. Gurney & Jackson, London. Vol. 1; Vol. 2; Vol. 3. Reference page.
- 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.
- Williams, M. C., 2008. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Axiocerses Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.