Chrysoritis thysbe

Chrysoritis thysbe as Zeritis thysbe, from Trimen, 1904.

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 thysbe
Subspecies: C. t. bamptoni – C. t. mithras – C. t. psyche – C. t. schloszae – C. t. thysbe – C. t. whitei

Name

Chrysoritis thysbe (Linnaeus, 1764)

Synonyms

• Papilio thysbe Linnaeus, 1764
• Nais splendens Swainson, 1833: pl. 136, text.

References

• Swainson, W.J. 1832–1833. Zoological Illustrations, or original figures and descriptions of new rare or interesting animals, selected chiefly from the classes of Ornithology, Entomology and Conchology, and arranged according to their natural affinities. Series 2, Volume 3: pl. 92–136 BHL DOI: 10.5962/bhl.title.42278 Reference page. 
• Williams, Mark C., 2008: Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea.

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