Chilades eleusis nigeriae

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: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Polyommatini
Genus: Chilades
Species: Chilades eleusis
Subspecies: Chilades eleusis nigeriae

Name

Chilades eleusis nigeriae (Sharpe, 1902).

Type locality: Nigeria, Ilo.

Lectotype: ♂ BMNH "Ilo, (Dr. Christy), 4.ii.1899./ Ex Coll. E. Bowdler-Sharpe, 1908./ Joicey bequest, Brit. Mus., 1934-120./ BMNH(E) #264544". Designated by Bálint, 1999: 48.

Synonymy

• Euchrysops nigeriae Sharpe, 1902: 102.
• Chilades nigeriae (Sharpe); Ackery, et al., 1995
• Chilades naidina (Butler); Bálint, 1999: 48.
• Chilades eleusis (Demaison); Larsen, 2005.
• Chilades eleusis nigeriae (Sharpe); Williams, 2008: 150.

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. 
• Bálint, Z.,1999. Annotated list of type specimens of Polyommatus sensu Eliot of the Natural History Museum, London (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). PDF. Neue Entomologische Nachrichten 46: 3–82. Reference page. 
• Larsen, T.B. 2005. Butterflies of West Africa. 2 vols, Apollo Books, Svendborg, Denmark: 1–595, 1–270. Reference page. 
• Sharpe, E., 1902. A list of lepidoptera collected by Dr. Cuthbert Christy in Nigeria. Entomologist 35: 65-68; 101-107. BHL1, BHL2 Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.