Caenides soritia

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: Hesperiidae
Subfamilia: Hesperiinae
Tribus: Astictopterini
Genus: Caenides
Species: Caenides soritia

Name

Caenides soritia (Hewitson, 1876)

Type locality: Africa, Gabon.

Typus: HT ♂ BMNH.

Synonymy

♦ Hesperia soritia Hewitson, 1876: 453.
♦ Proteides Xantho Mabille, 1891: 111. "Cameroons", HT ♀. Synonymy in Evans, 1937: 158.
♦ Caenides soritia (Hewitson); Aurivillius, in Seitz, [1924]: 515, Pl.80a; Evans, 1937: 158; Bridges, 1994: VIII.211, IX.10; Ackery,Smith,Vane-Wright, 1995: 124.

References

• Ackery, P.R., Smith, C.R. & Vane-Wright, R.I. (Editors), 1995. Carcasson's African Butterflies: An annotated Catalogue of the Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea of the Afrotropical Region. British Museum (Natural History), London, U.K.: i–xi, 1–803. Open Library. Reference page. 
• Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Hesperioidea (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page. 
• Evans, W.H. 1937. A Catalogue of the African Hesperiidae: indicating the classification and nomenclature adopted in the British Museum. British Museum (Natural History), London. 1–212. Reference page. 
• Hewitson, W.C. 1876. Descriptions of twenty-five new Species of Hesperidae from his own Collection. Annals and Magazine of Natural History (4)18(108): 449–457. Reference page. 
• Mabille, P. 1891. Description d'Hespérides Nouvelles. Annales de la Société Entomologique de Belgique 35: 59–88; 106–121; 167-187. Reference page. 
• Seitz, A. 1908–1927. Die afrikanischen Tagfalter. Die Grossschmetterlinge der Erde 13: 1–613, pls. 1–80. Reference page. 

Photos

• www.metamorphosis.org.za: [1].

Vernacular names

English: Well-spotted Recluse