Cupidesthes gabunica

Cupidesthes gabunica

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: Polyommatinae
Tribus: Lycaenesthini
Genus: Cupidesthes
Species: Cupidesthes gabunica
Subspecies: C. g. gabunica – C. g. orientalis

Name

Cupidesthes gabunica (Aurivillius, 1899: 349)

Type locality: Gabon.

Holotype: ZMHU. female ♀. IX.1891. leg. Mocquerys.

Synonymy

• Lycaenesthes voltae gabunica (var.) Aurivillius, 1898: 349.
• Cupidesthes arescopa Bethune-Baker, 1910: 9, pl. 1, fig. 2, pl. 4, fig. 2. (synonymized by Libert, 2010: 216)
  • Type locality: Cameroun. Type: BMNH. male ♂.
• Cupidesthes arescopa arescopa Bethune-Baker; Stempffer, 1967: 187.
• Cupidesthes voltae gabunica (Aurivillius); (comb. nov. by Stempffer, 1957: 169); Stempffer, 1967: 188.
• =Cupidesthes lithas (Druce); Williams, 2008.
• Cupidesthes gabunica (Aurivillius; ); Libert, 2010: 216.

References

• Aurivillius, C. [1899]. RHOPALOCERA ǼTHIOPICA; die Tagfalter des Ǽthiopischen Faunengebietes… 31(5): 1-561. Reference page. 
• Bethune-Baker, G. T., 1910. A revision of the African species of the Lycaenesthes group of the Lycaenidae. Trans. ent. Soc. Lond. 43: 1–84, pls. 1-13. BHL Reference page. 
• Libert, M. 2010. Révision des Anthene africains (Lepidoptera, Lycaenidae). ABRI Lambillionea 1–420. Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H., 1957. Les Lepidopteres de l’Afrique Noire Francaise. Initiations Africaines. Dakar 14 (Fasc. 3 Lycaenides): 1-228. Reference page. 
• Stempffer, H. 1967. The genera of the African Lycaenidae (Lepidoptera: Rhopalocera). Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Entomology. Supplement 10: 322pp, 1pl. BHL Reference page. 
• Williams, M.C. 2007. Checklist of Afrotropical Papilionoidea and Hesperioidea. 7th Edn. (April 2007). Downloaded from Afrotropical Butterflies. Reference page.