Cassionympha cassius

Cassionympha cassius, South Africa, Western Cape, Eight Bells.

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: Nymphalidae
Subfamilia: Satyrinae
Tribus: Satyrini
Subtribus: Ypthimina
Genus: Cassionympha
Species: Cassionympha cassius

Name

Cassionympha cassius (Godart, [1824]).

Type locality: none given; probably Western Cape Province of South Africa

Holotype: not located.

Synonymy

• Papilio hyperbius Cramer, 1777, Pap. Exot. 2: 110, Plate 168, C, D (not E, F).
• Satyrus cassius Godart, 1824: 526.
• Pseudonympha hyperbioides Wallengren, 1857: 32. South Africa: “Caffraria”.
• Cassionympha cassius (Godart); van Son, 1955: 97.

References

• Godart, J. B. 1819–1824. In Latreille & Godart, Encyclopedie méthodique. Histoire naturelle des Crustacés, des Arachnides et des Insectes 9 (article Papillons) (1): 1–328; (2): 329-828. Paris. Reference page. 
• van Son, G., 1955. Butterflies of southern Africa. Part II. Nymphalidae: Danainae and Satyrinae. Transvaal Museum Memoirs No. 8: [i]-ix, 1-166. Reference page. 
• Wallengren, H.D.J. 1857. Lepidoptera Rhopalocera, in Terra Caffrorum annis 1838–1845 collecta a J.A. Wahlberg. Kungliga Svenska Vetenskapsakademiens Handlingar (n.s.) 2(4): 55 pp. Reference page.