Axiocerses melanica

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: Axiocerses
Species: Axiocerses melanica
Subspecies: A. m. aurata – A. m. melanica

Name

Axiocerses melanica S.F. Henning & G.A. Henning, 1996.

Type locality: Central Zambia.

Holotype: ♂ DNMNH, Pretoria: ZAMBIA: Kalangusha River, 20.xi.1992, I. Bampton.
Allotype: ♀ DNMNH, Pretoria: same data.

Synonymy

• Axiocerses melanica melanica Henning & Henning, 1996: 24, figs 7,21,41; pl. 2: 21,22; Williams, 2008.

References

• 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.