Tuxentius hesperis

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

Name[edit]

Tuxentius hesperis [Vári, 1976].

Type locality: South Africa, "Vioolsdrif".

Typus: HT ♂; 2.X.1971 (D.M. Kroon).

Castalius hesperis Vári, 1976: 133, pl.17: 1-4, text-figs. 12,13.; Lepindex
Tuxentius hesperis [Vári]; Bridges, 1994: VIII.207, IX.132; Ackery, Smith & Vane-Wright, 1995: 646.

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Bridges, C.A. 1994. Catalogue of the Family-Group, Genus-Group and Species-Group Names of the Riodinidae & Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera) of the World. Bridges, Urbana, Illinois. BHL Reference page.
Dickson, C.G.C., 1978. Pennington's Butterflies of Southern Africa. Johannesburg, Donker: 670 pp, 198 pls. Reference page.
Larsen, T.B., 1982. The butterflies of the Yemen Arab Republic (with a review of the species in the Charaxes viola-group from Arabia and East Africa). Biologiske Skrifter, Kongelige Danske Videnskabernes Selskab 23(3): 1–85. Reference page.
Vári, L., 1976. Descriptions and Notes on new Species of Rhopalocera. Annals of the Transvaal Museum 30(13): 121-143, 19 figs, pls 13-17. PDF Reference page.