Axiocerses amanga
Taxonavigation: Papilionoidea |
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Superregnum: Eukaryota |
Familia: Lycaenidae
Subfamilia: Aphnaeinae
Genus: Axiocerses
Species: Axiocerses amanga
Subspecies: (3) [per Henning, 1996]
A. a. amanga –
A. a. baumi –
A. a. borealis
Name
[edit]Axiocerses amanga Westwood, 1881.
Type locality: Zimbabwe, "Near the Gwailo river".
Syntypes: OUMNH. ♂ images. ♀ images.
Synonymy
[edit]- Zeritis amanga Westwood, 1881: 351.
- Chrysorychia amanga (Westwood); Trimen & Bowker, 1887: 165, pl. 9, fig. 1.
- Chrysorychia mendeche Grose-Smith, 1889: 135. Type locality: Mombasa, Kenya. Synonymy in Stempffer 1957: 221.
- Axiocerses amanga amanga Westwood. Stempffer, 1967: 168; Henning & Henning, 1996: 37, figs 10,29,49; pl. 4: 37,38); Williams, 2008.
References
[edit]- Grose-Smith, H., 1889c. Descriptions of twenty-four new species of butterflies captured by Mr. Last in the neighbourhood of Mombasa, East Coast of Africa, in the collection of Mr. H. Grose-Smith. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (6) 3: 121–137. BHL. 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.
- Stempffer, H., 1957. Les Lepidopteres de l’Afrique Noire Francaise. Initiations Africaines. Dakar 14 (Fasc. 3 Lycaenides): 1-228. 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.
- 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.
- Westwood, J. O., 1881. Entomology. In: Oates, F. Matabele Land and the Victoria Falls. Entomology. [1st edition]: 331–365. London. BHLReference page.
- Williams, M. C., 2008. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Axiocerses Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.