Chrysoritis chrysaor

Chrysoritis chrysaor

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: Chrysoritis
Species: Chrysoritis chrysaor
Subspecies: C. c. chrysaor – C. c. midas – C. c. natalensis

Name

Chrysoritis chrysaor (Trimen, 1864)

Type locality: South Africa, Cape Town. Wynberg.

Holotype: BMNH

Synonyms

• Zeritis chrysaor Trimen, 1864 (original combination)
• Poecilmitis lycia Riley, 1938

References

Primary references

• Trimen, R. 1864. Descriptions of some new species of Butterflies found in Southern Africa. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. (3)2: 175-180. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Heath, A., Pringle, E.L. & Quek, S.P. 2023. Chrysoritis Butler (Papilionoidea: Lycaenidae: Aphnaeinae) – Part III: An integrative taxonomic revision. Metamorphosis 34: 11–28. DOI: 10.4314/met.v34i1.02. Full article (PDF). Reference page. 
• Williams, M. Afrotropical Butterflies. Consulted 26.iv.2009.